Double Sluce!

[easyquilts]

The DS is one if my favorites..,. Truth now... Do you think these could be worked into one... Or, should I get more of each, and just use each set to make a DS quilt.... Did I make ant sense?

Try again.... Should I mix two, or even all three if these fabrics in a DS quilt, or should I make separate quilts out if each fat quarter pack? I got them at Joann's, so I can easily pick up more...

[dwil23]

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They look good to me! I think the more fabrics the better.

[ozziepuppy]

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From what I can see the colors seem to go together well!

[MomGram]

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It could be the lighting but I like the two on the right (print and diagonal lines) together. On my screen the marbles look to pale/pastel.

[Marta]

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I would use all three bundles plus throw in a little bit of a wow fabric- just something to be a surprise.

[Jean Sewing Machine]

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You will be able to get 2 10" squares from each FQ. Do you have enough fabric? You would need 21 FQs to do the same size as a layer cake? If you wold cut your squares a little bit smaller ( 8-1/2") you could get more squares out of each FQ and have less waste, but you would need more squares, just guessing I would say from 48-63.

[Vonnie]

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You will be able to get 2 10" squares from each FQ. Do you have enough fabric? You would need 21 FQs to do the same size as a layer cake? If you wold cut your squares a little bit smaller ( 8-1/2") you could get more squares out of each FQ and have less waste, but you would need more squares, just guessing I would say from 48-63.

I like Jean's idea - otherwise you will have a lot of leftover fabric. I would think the double slice would work well with what ever size square you use as long as it's consistent.

Pretty fabric BTW.

[easyquilts]

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I like Jean's idea - otherwise you will have a lot of leftover fabric. I would think the double slice would work well with what ever size square you use as long as it's consistent.

Pretty fabric BTW.

Hmmmm... Might work.

What I want go do is make a couple of Pl quilts.... I might buy more fabric when I go to J,'s today.

I'm thinking smaller blocks might make a nicer baby quilt. How much would I cut off the top of an 8 1/2 square?

Thanks everyone!

[easyquilts]

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It could be the lighting but I like the two on the right (print and diagonal lines) together. On my screen the marbles look to pale/pastel.

The two on the right are a little brighter.... You are right about that..

[Hulamoon]

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I like the idea of the 81/2 squares for a baby quilt. I might try that with a layer cake. I need some scraps for a string quilt anyway. Or a border, hmm

[ilive2craft2]

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I like the last 2 bundles together, but the first looks a little pale to me, but they might match others in the print bundle that we can't see. I think the smaller squares will look good for a kids quilt and will leave you with less scraps.

The double slice for a layer cake gives pieces 6.5 and 3.5 so I translated those to %, here is what I would use:
-8 inch square - 5 1/4 and 2 3/4 (I rounded to quilt friendly decimals)
-8.25 inch square - 5 3/8 and 2 5/8

[kensington]

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I wouldn't do an 8 1/2 inch, I'd do nine. You can get four from each one doing 9 inch. FQ is 18 X 21-22 depending on where you get the cut.

Cutting them 8.5 doesn't give you more than cutting them at 9 iches. 9 gives the bigger layer cake. Four per FQ with a four inch strip let for borders or charms or strips.

[ilive2craft2]

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Since you are starting with fat quarters - you can just cut the strips the size you need - you don't have to cut the squares first and then down to size - less waste for the double slice when using fat quarters or yardage, since you wouldn't have to cut the squares down.

[auntiemern]

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I think they play well together. For me personally, for a baby quilt I would use 6" blocks, but the 8 or 9 would work too.

[Pegger]

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I like all three packs together.