tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post4373346222851027150..comments2024-03-19T03:25:48.226-04:00Comments on Quiltville's Quips & Snips!!: Wednesday Questions....Conversion of SizesBonnie K. Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16377635115790685301noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-31676055850411350052009-09-17T11:39:44.823-04:002009-09-17T11:39:44.823-04:00I do both as Bonnie and Lyn describe and they work...I do both as Bonnie and Lyn describe and they work well. I add about 30% more of each piece of fabric going from a lap to a queen. Leftovers can go to my next scrap quilt, my favorite.<br />JeaneJeanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15093712766438338558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-82854082607235382792009-09-17T07:11:36.946-04:002009-09-17T07:11:36.946-04:00I've done the less blocks thing when I want to...I've done the less blocks thing when I want to make a quilt smaller. My problem is when a pattern is for a lap and I want to make a larger quilt. That's when I don't know how much fabric to buy.<br /><br />Bonnie,<br />Do you do the massage therapy at all anymore?Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791592886458322904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-80991265759612472012009-09-16T18:20:37.036-04:002009-09-16T18:20:37.036-04:00I'm a scrap quilter as well so just "make...I'm a scrap quilter as well so just "make it up" as I sew. However, the best instructions that I've read about changing quilt sizes and calculating fabric requirements is in the book "Quilts from the Heart: Quick Projects for Generous Giving" by Karin Renaud.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03916656160171492526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-11600751182617745062009-09-16T17:31:44.381-04:002009-09-16T17:31:44.381-04:00Here is my shorthand for quickly visualizing a new...Here is my shorthand for quickly visualizing a new size for a quilt.<br />If a quilt is 60 by 80 and I want a bigger quilt, I look at it sideways. The 80 becomes the short side of the quilt and I figure out how much longer I want it and build up from there.<br />If a quilt is 60 by 80 and I want a smaller quilt, I look at it sideways and the 60 becomes the longer side of the quilt and I cut back to the width I want.<br />This works well if quilts with borders to help visualize a different size.<br />This also probably makes absolutely no sense to anyone but me.Lynn Dykstrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16689293134690945439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-87636314660655327722009-09-16T15:10:35.244-04:002009-09-16T15:10:35.244-04:00This was kind of like reading an old Ann Landers c...This was kind of like reading an old Ann Landers column with your giving advice...funny huh....oh it is just me and this silly stupid thought at the moment. But I had to tell ya....Bonnie aka Ann Landers Quilt Style!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com