My daughter has "an app for that".....figuring fabric requirements for different quilt patterns, that is, from Mobile Quilting Tools by Mary Key, for her iPhone. They have a website, but it doesn't do all the calculations that the app does.Honestly, I'm thinking of getting a iPhone just for that app!
I like how it gives you a variety of designs that you can do with one pattern and what other patterns look like with it. Then you put in your dimensions for the finished quilt (and a few other notes) and it will tell you how much fabric you need to purchase to make that quilt.
In getting my quilting classes going and not really using a set pattern, this has been the hardest thing for me to figure out for my students....how much material to buy.
Today I found an on-line fabric requirement calculator and I'm so excited! I found it at Mama's Log House Quilt Shop. The calculator can be found when you go into the "shopping" page. You have to enter in the desired measurement of your block, how many rows down and across, and the percentage of colors....then...tada!....it calculates how much fabric you need. I love it!!!
Now I'm sure there are other calculators out there, but I haven't been exposed to them yet. So bare with me while I enjoy this one.
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