Can You Substitute Yardage For Fat Quarters In A Pattern? | Episode 20

In this video, The Opinionated Quilter discusses ways to determine substituting yardage for fat quarters when a pattern calls for them. She also adds more information regarding piecing backing for your quilts.
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[@GG.098]

I have learned to quilt from youtube. My first quilt was a king size around the world. Took me 7 years off and on to finish it. I am a late bloomer on quilting. I wish I had relatives who quilted still alive but as long as there are wonderful ladies like you to teach and show us newbies how to quilt, I'll keep trying. Thank you.

[@theopinionatedquilter]

You are so welcome. Thanks so much for watching.

[@lizreynolds4554]

😊🎉I love your videos. You explain very well, I can actually understand it. I love that you don't want wasted fabrics, most of us cannot afford it. I appreciate so much of your measurements and " 10 will never be 9," or "7 is less than 9!" I giggle, and know that for some that may be new information!🎉🎉😊 You are brilliant! Again, thank you ❤.

[@sharonkulick7307]

Thank you for doing this comparison! Needed this to for a quilt I’m working on.

[@LisaLisa-zl9vu]

Great tutorial!

[@wandachadwick1984]

I enjoy watching your videos and share many of your opinions. I learned hand-piecing using cardboard templates in the 90s and prefer yardage to pre-cuts. I also have taken up EPP to use up scraps. I take some hexies to work so I have something to occupy my hands while waiting for my computer to reboot.

[@ruthiesmith2513]

Thank you again for showing us quilter’s math. I love your teaching style. I’m a new quilter, and appreciate that you are really providing tools for us to help us understand the concepts behind the patterns. 👍🏼👍🏼

[@theopinionatedquilter]

You are so welcome!

[@stitchann]

Really loved this video and thanks for the math lesson. It is very easy to understand.

[@theopinionatedquilter]

Glad it was helpful!

[@janrichardson8331]

Excellent! You have given wonderful instructions on changing block sizes. Have been quilting for years and you have taught this old gal some new tricks. Thank you.😊

[@terryannglandon3853]

So enjoy your videos and your opinions! I've told my friends about you.

[@theopinionatedquilter]

Thank you so much.

[@itcouldbeanyone]

I stay away from most patterns in my quilting as I have often felt they were uneconomical with how the fabric is used so I very much appreciate your explanation of how to make blocks with minimal waste at the end. 🙂

[@dc5600]

Thanks for the math lesson! I always thought I couldn't quilt because I wasn't good at math and then I discovered precuts. I'm venturing out into yardage now.

[@jctowim2203]

I always enjoy your videos. Thank you!

[@theopinionatedquilter]

Glad you like them!

[@angelikaimnaehglueck]

3:00 i watched that video too. And my heart was bleeding. I think, Donna isn´t an artist, she is a fabric seller. Thanks for one more intresting vide.

[@debbiepyleverhoeven5234]

To be fair to Donna, she is demonstrating how to make someone else's pattern.

[@carriesaindon5382]

Yellow Brick Road was the first quilt that I completed😊

[@teresatierney4817]

I sometimes buy 108 fabric for (1) a seamless back AND (2) fabric for blocks on the front or binding. This provides consistency. I wish 108 were more available. Thanks for the videos.

[@theopinionatedquilter]

Sounds like a good use of fabric to me.

[@debbiepyleverhoeven5234]

Me, too, and sometimes, if making a lap quilt, I can get two quilt backs from the 108 width.

[@bethkoch11]

Another great video with a lot of useful information! I like both patterns, particularly the Tile Tango. I have more fat quarters than I care to admit, so this looks like a keeper.

[@sharishimeall3215]

Just love your videos!!!! Really appreciate all the content and the patterns You show. I’m not a math person but truly needed the info and the “lesson”!! Thank you. Would you consider doing a sew along video? I would love to work through a pattern and make a quilt with You

[@catwhsprr4313]

I'd like to see you do the 6" block Yellow Brick Road. And thanks for the math lesson!

[@lindadavis8082]

Great thoughts! Thanks for your opinion 🤗. LindaD

[@theopinionatedquilter]

You are so welcome!

[@AvivaHadas]

I make string/crumb blocks, I like 108 wide so that it isn't even bulkier. (I also have yardage for backing, sometimes its just easier to use a wide back.) Wide backs are also good for borders, if your border needs to be longer that a wide back is wide...

[@theopinionatedquilter]

Both good points. Thanks for sharing.

[@cstovold2]

You amaze me with your math skills! It’s always great to have you help me with with fabric calculations when I come in.

[@theopinionatedquilter]

Thanks for watching Carrol.

[@AvivaHadas]

Are people asking to use a long quarter (1/3 yard) instead of a fat quarter because of the difference in cost? I've always been a fat quarter buyer.

[@theopinionatedquilter]

Long quarter is 9”, 1/3 of a yard is 12”. In the shop, most people ask about yardage because they see what the like on the bolt but there is no fat quarter of that fabric. Also, many people have yardage in their stash and want to use it and the pattern they like calls for fat quarters.