HELP with math...hexagon quilt...yardage. SO sosososososoososo confused.

So....I had 6 yrds total. Cut those into 10" squares.

Now I'm cutting my 1/2 hexagons out....and I can not figure out how many I need for a generous queen size.

A single 1/2 Hex is 4 1/2" high, 12 -1/2 hex's laid to match equal approx. 88" wide....


My calculations came up with 132 whole hexagons for a queen size.....I am totally lost here.

Bueller...................Bueller?

Hmm, 20 halves would give you 80" length, since each half is going to finish at 4". So if you want a length of say 96" that would be 24 halves, 12 across, so 24 x 12 equals 288 halves. Right? Which would be 144 full hexies. I think... It is three minutes after midnight so my brain may have already turned back into a pumpkin...

............so 6 yards ~won't~ be enough?!?!

If you need more fabric try Joann Fabric. I believe that is where it is from. I bought some of the flower one, the green with I believe brown flowers, but mine is navy with yellow flowers. Maybe you can try some sashing to make it bigger?

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Originally Posted by SewCrazy4Quilts

............so 6 yards ~won't~ be enough?!?!

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.... I have no idea... lol Brain has completed the transformation to a pumpkin... But 6 yards would be 88 x 108 uncut, right? So as long as you have very little waste you should be able to get very close with 6 yards. Once it's done if it's too small you can always add a border or two :D

Look, I can't do math to save my life. And I am notorious for running out of fabric....
But if you can't get 6 yards of fabric to cover a queen top, something is REALLY wrong. (Unless you were thinking backing fabric, as well...)
My best advice, would be to get your hexies to a scaled down dimension of a queen, and go from there. Add a uniform border to your idea of a finished size, and VOILA! You're there.
It's really not Rocket Science!

One thing that used up some of your yardage was cutting it into layer cake sized squares first. You could have gotten quite a few more half-hexis with very little waste had you left it to where you could flip every other hexi and cut. It would have been just like using the small hexi ruler with a jelly roll strip. The precuts are for convenience, it doesn't mean you have to start out with them when you are using yardage.

If your fabric is 6 yards, that is 216" by say 42" wide. If a half hexi is 4 1/2" tall, that will give you approx 48 half hexis down the length, maybe more if you keep flipping your ruler, and if your hexis are 8 1/2" wide that will give you approx 4 across the width, maybe more if you keep flipping your ruler. 48x4 equals 192 half hexis minimum, which is 96 whole. I think that is correct.

Oh! I just realized that you cut your fabric into layer cakes....that will yield a lot less and you will have more waste than if you hadn't precut.
I figured that you got 84 10" squares out of your 6 yards so that will give you 168 half hexis or 84 whole.

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Originally Posted by Musical_Starling

Hmm, 20 halves would give you 80" length, since each half is going to finish at 4". So if you want a length of say 96" that would be 24 halves, 12 across, so 24 x 12 equals 288 halves. Right? Which would be 144 full hexies. I think... It is three minutes after midnight so my brain may have already turned back into a pumpkin...

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That's exactly what I got too. Looks like you need at least another 3.5 yards for a 96x84 quilt.

i started sewing this quilt and gave up, so tedious matching up the halves. i have no place to lay it out and leave - it - out - forever - and - ever.

I just did a baby quilt top for a friend, it took some time (and I ripped some seams)....but I feel better about it now. LOL