The "background" fabric is all of the black fabric in this graphic.
The two "twist" fabrics are the pink and blue in this graphic.
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This shows all the componets of the quilt set. You can see
the outside setting triangles more clearly here.
The "background" fabric is all of the black fabric in this graphic. The two "twist" fabrics are the pink and blue in this graphic. |
How to cut the fabric.
Twist blocks:  |
| Cut three
strips of each "twist" fabric 4 1/2
inches wide
by the width of the fabric from slevage to selvage. You should be able to sub-cut 16, 2 1/2" segments from each strip... you need 48 rectangles total of each color... so if you are making a larger quilt figure out how many rectangles you need and divide that by 16 and you will get how many strips you need to cut. Multiply the number of strips by 4.5 (the width of the cuts) and you will get how much fabric you need for the rectangles. That comes to exactly 13 1/2" inches of fabric for the lap size, but I would purchase 1/2 yard |
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Sub cut the first "twist" color fabric strips into 2 1/2 inch wide segments. You need 48 rectangles of the first
twist fabric. They will be 4 1/2" by 2 1/2 inches.
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Sub cut the second "twist" color fabric strips into 2 1/2 inch wide segments. You need 48 rectangles of the second twist fabric. They will be 4 1/2" by 2 1/2 inches. |
Snowball block triangle corners:
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You will need 58 of your first twist fabric and 58 of your second twist fabric. (In other words, you will need 58, 2 1/2 inch squares of EACH twist fabric) So you need to cut
4 strips 2 1/2" wide from selvage to selvage of each twist fabric,
(You should be able to cut 16 squares across your fabric selvage to selvage.) We will cut squares for the corners and sew them on the diagonal to make the triangles. It is easier and quicker than cutting off the corners of the snowball blocks and cutting triangles for the corners and then trying to match them up so they come out even. You should be able to get 16 squares from each strip cut slevage to selvage. Divide 58 by 16 and you get 3.62 (round up to 4 strips... sooo... If you are making a larger quilt you can figure that out... You will need exactly 10 inches of fabric, but I would purchase 1/3 yard. If you add this to the same twist fabrics, take 1/2 yard and 1/3 yard and you need exactly 30 inches for the total of each twist fabric, so I would buy 1 yard. |
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Center
of twist block: 
You will need 24, 2 1/2" squares of the background for the center of the twist blocks. Cut two strips of fabric 2 1/2" inches wide and subcut into 24, 2 1/2" inch squares. You should be able to get 16 squares from each strip. You will have a few extra. How did I figure that out in case you want
to make a larger quilt?
For the size here I took 24 and divided by 16 = and you get 1 1/2 strips. (You will have some extra squares because I just rounded it up to 2 strips) Take 2 (the number of strips) and multiply by 2.5" (the width of the strips) and you need 5 inches of fabric for the center squares. |
| Snowball blocks:....... |
| Snowball squares:
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need 35 background squares that are 6 1/2" for the snowball blocks.
Cut 6 strips of the background (snowball) fabric 6 1/2 inches wide from selvage to selvage. Sub-cut those into 6 1/2 inch squares. You should be able to get 6 blocks from each strip of fabric. (you will have one extra) How did I figure that out in case you want
to make a larger quilt?
So you need 35 squares... soooo divide 35 (how many squares you need) by 6 (how many you can get from each strip) and you see you need to cut 5.8, or round up to 6, strips. How much fabric do you need? Multiply 6 (the number of strips you need to cut) by 6.5 (the width of each strip), and you get 39" of fabric. Divide that by 36" and you need 2.16 yards... |
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..  ...Setting
triangles:
You will need 20 setting triangles. The easiest way to cut them so the outside edges are on the straight of the grain is to cut oversize squares and cut those on each diagonal from one corner to the other to create triangles. You will need 5, 12 inch squares of the background fabric. Sub cut those on each diagonal to make 20 triangles. You can get 3 squares across the width of the fabric... so you need at least 24 inches of fabric for this. If you are making a larger quilt figure 3 blocks across and divide by how many blocks you need then multiply by 12 for the amount of fabric. In the case of the lesson quilt you will need 24" of fabric for these blocks. |
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the four outside corners you have to cut the triangles differently so the
straight edges are on the outside. You need
to cut the squares on one diagonal only.
Cut two background squares that are 9 inches and then cut them on one diagonal to make 4 triangles. If you are making a larger quilt you can get
4 squares across your fabric so figure as above accordinately.
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| How much background fabric do you need?
Add up your numbers:
5", 39", 24" and 9" = 77 inches. Divide that by 36 for yardage and you need 2.14 yards for the quilt. That was easy right? Now you figure out how much you need for a larger quilt. I always buy extra to compensate for crooked cuts, shrinkage, mistakes and stash. |
| What else will you need to cut?You
will need borders but that is your choice of style and size.
For the border chart with some helpful information look here. |
| Page 1
Introduction Graphics of quilts for ideas.
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Page 2
What do your blocks look like? Fabric you will need for lap size quilt. |
Page 3
How to cut the fabric. Page 3a:
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Page 4
Piecing your blocks. Four fabric twist quilt |
Page 5
Setting your quilt together... tricks that will simplify it all. |
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PhotoPoint web page with pics of quilts by
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