I believe that every mistake holds a lesson.
My most recent quilting mistake was buying too little backing fabric for my fun lighthouse quilt. The blocks are made by reverse appliqueing lighthouse pictures cut from an old sweatshirt.
I had my quilt with me to show my friend who owns the local quilt shop. (I had borrowed her markers to color the lighthouses.) Glenna happened to have some nice fabric on sale that coordinated with my quilt top. On the spur of the moment, I decided to buy it as backing fabric for the lighthouse quilt.
The shop was busy so we where multi-tasking and visiting. We quickly measured the quilt and guesstimated the backing fabric requirements.
Later that evening I was preparing to pin the quilt and there wasn't enough backing fabric!
I turned to MyWebQuilter.com - quickly entered a 9 inch block size, 4 rows, 5 columns, two borders and their widths...within 2 minutes MyWebQuilter told me I needed 2 and 1/2 yards for the backing.
I had only purchased 2 yards!
Proves that it is hard to do math correctly when you are visiting, looking at pretty fabrics, and checking out new button quilt patterns. It also shows how MyWebQuilter.com can help you determine backing and binding fabric requirements for any quilt - even if it isn't a pieced block.
Next time, instead of trying to do the math, I will just use MyWebQuilter.com from Glenna's computer to figure out how much fabric I need.
Quilt Shop Owners - Why don't you have a computer available so instead of reaching for your calculator to estimate the backing and binding fabric requirements for your customer's quilts - use MyWebQuilter.com to get a quick and accurate estimate!
My most recent quilting mistake was buying too little backing fabric for my fun lighthouse quilt. The blocks are made by reverse appliqueing lighthouse pictures cut from an old sweatshirt. I had my quilt with me to show my friend who owns the local quilt shop. (I had borrowed her markers to color the lighthouses.) Glenna happened to have some nice fabric on sale that coordinated with my quilt top. On the spur of the moment, I decided to buy it as backing fabric for the lighthouse quilt.
The shop was busy so we where multi-tasking and visiting. We quickly measured the quilt and guesstimated the backing fabric requirements.
Later that evening I was preparing to pin the quilt and there wasn't enough backing fabric!
I turned to MyWebQuilter.com - quickly entered a 9 inch block size, 4 rows, 5 columns, two borders and their widths...within 2 minutes MyWebQuilter told me I needed 2 and 1/2 yards for the backing.
I had only purchased 2 yards!
Proves that it is hard to do math correctly when you are visiting, looking at pretty fabrics, and checking out new button quilt patterns. It also shows how MyWebQuilter.com can help you determine backing and binding fabric requirements for any quilt - even if it isn't a pieced block.
Next time, instead of trying to do the math, I will just use MyWebQuilter.com from Glenna's computer to figure out how much fabric I need.
Quilt Shop Owners - Why don't you have a computer available so instead of reaching for your calculator to estimate the backing and binding fabric requirements for your customer's quilts - use MyWebQuilter.com to get a quick and accurate estimate!
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