Yardage Estimates

We have had yardage estimated for all the patchwork patterns here. Should you wish to know how much material to buy for some other patterns, the method is this: Take one block, and make a tracing of each part the number of times it appears in that block. Estimate the area covered; for instance, there are 6 blue triangles of one size and 4 blue squares in a block with white and a print. The six blue triangles take a space say 4 by 12 and the squares 4 by 16. This will total 4 by 28. There are 18 blocks in the quilt - 4 inches will cut 9 times out of 36-inch width-two times 28 is 56 inches so we will allow at least 60 inches or 1 2/3 yards of blue. They will not always figure out to perfect advantage, using every inch, so be are often difficult to match later.