{"id":277,"date":"2017-12-29T08:31:44","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T06:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quiltisrael.com\/?p=277"},"modified":"2017-12-29T08:31:44","modified_gmt":"2017-12-29T06:31:44","slug":"getting-fat-quaters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quiltisrael.com\/he\/getting-fat-quaters\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting the most out of fat quaters"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am still on my kick to get the most out of a fat quarter that I can. There are a ton of ways to cut a fat quarter. Every time I start a new project, I always look up different ways to cut them. I found a very useful chart on a very helpful blog called Bright Linen<\/a>. Ashton Bynum has a ton of cutting guides<\/a> that I go to frequently. Since the standard size of a fat quarter is 18″x22″, you should be able to get the same cuts from each fat quarter. That works most of the time.<\/p>\n

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Here is Ashton’s cutting chart for fat quarters:<\/p>\n

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Since I have a bunch of different fat quarter bundles in my studio and I am always looking for things to do them. One book I use for inspiration in By The Bundle<\/a>, by Emma Jean Jansen<\/a>. She has a lot of creative ideas for modern quilts.<\/p>\n

This quilt was destined for my nephew, Ezri. I wanted a guy pattern, and I think this one worked out great. This is now in competition for my favorite quilt. The competition is currently between this one and the one I made for his brother<\/a>, Raanan. I’ll let them fight it out.<\/p>\n

I have a lot of problems actually following patterns. The quilt pattern called for using 10 fat quarters and cutting them into 5″ squares. The fat quarter bundle that I picked out for the project had 14 pieces. I didn’t want the quilt to live without any of them!<\/p>\n

According to the cutting chart, I can have the same number of squares if I cut them 5″ or 5 1\/2″. Why waste fabric! Instead of cutting out 10 fat quarters to get 120 5″ squares, I cut 14 fat quarter and got 168 5 1\/2″ squares. Or so I thought.<\/p>\n

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The problem is that I didn’t measure that fabric before I did the cutting. A couple of the fat quarters weren’t quite 22″x18″. Two of the fat quarters (not mention names, but the brown dots and the grey-blue dots) came up a bit short. Most of them were still fine, but I didn’t get all 12 squares out of them that I needed. The way that I saw it, I had two choices: skipping those colors entirely or using six from each of the two sets. I opted to use six and six. ( I know that I could have gone back and recut the other squares to fit, but that wasn’t going to happen.)<\/p>\n

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I love the way this quilt came out. I have shown it to a bunch of people, and not one has commented on the “mistake”. Perhaps they are all too polite, but I know my friends, and I don’t think that’s the case.<\/p>\n

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I had a lot of fun quilting this quilt. I wanted to keep the movement of the arrows, so I followed the shape of the arrows with straight lines. I quilted inside each of the arrows to give them more interest. I also quilted the heck out of the background of the quilt to make the arrows stand out more. Instead of quilting the background all the way to the arrows, I framed them.<\/p>\n

Would I have followed the pattern if I would have realized that the fat quarters were a bit small? Probably. In the end, I’m kind of glad I didn’t. I got an extra few inches out of the fabric. Will I measure next time? Yes. It’s all a learning process.<\/p>\n

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