Advent Advent-ure

[Iminei]

Zelda Lawrence-Curran of Modern Welsh Quilts is launching a FREE Quilt BOD in December

24 Blocks .... one released each day up till Christmas ...

I so enjoyed the Laundry Basket Quilt Lockdown Quiltalongathong this March which gave me a structure during those early confusing days and produced this beautiful quilt so quickly ....
 
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Corona Quilt

So wonder whether anyone would care to join in ???

I can invite you to join the Face Ache group or you can ask to join yourself.
She does some wonderful designs and it could be a good thing to get into the spirit of the season with.

[Lowena]

I'd be interested. I really need something different to do

[Acorn]

Ohhh - so tempted, but I could really do with this in January!!  I have joined the group though.

[Lowena]

Is it the group with the 3 dragons logo? If so, I've applied to join

[Stitches]

I,m intersted

[Lowena]

Ooh!! Just seen that one needs over 7mtrs of background fabric and
Don't know if I can afford that  :thinking:
I'll be back..........

[Iminei]

Yes it does seem a bit extreme at 7 1/4 yards!!! I dont think thats possible for a 6 x 4 12" block plus a bit of sashing .... @Brendaaaaaaaaa

[Pearl]

I’d love to but work is busy and I already have a gazillion quilts in progress.   :thinking:

[Lowena]

Go on @Pearl 

[BrendaP]

Ooh!! Just seen that one needs over 7mtrs of background fabric and
Don't know if I can afford that  :thinking:
I'll be back..........

Is it really background fabric, or does it mean backing fabric?

A big quilt that's say 108" x 108" = 9ft x 9 ft = 3 yards x 3 yards
That would need 2.5 lengths of 42" fabric for the backing
= 2 lengths 3 yards long and one length 1.5 yards long split down the middle and rejoined.
Total 7.5 yards, plus the extra few inches needed for backing so definitley in the region of 7+ metres.

I reckon that if you cut your pieces reasonably small (averaging about 2" x 2") then by the time you have added on the seam allowances and a bit of wastage the total area of fabric is about double the finished area of the quilt - so 7+ metres would be about right for a very big quilt with a design which has roughly half the pieces in "background" fabric and the other half in various colours/patterns.

A King/Queen size quilt doesn't come cheaply!

[Pearl]

I’ve joined the group.   

[Renegade Sewist]

I’ve joined the group.   

I'm considering joining Facebook. 

But it's another rabbit hole. Will tiktok be jealous?  :thinking:

[Acorn]

Tiktok will cope, but yes, it's definitely another rabbit hole!   

[Ploshkin]

It's perfectly possible to just be in one Facebook group and ignore all the rest - I  am.
After a while they give up telling you that you are  Billy no mates.   I  have all notifications turned off.

[Iminei]

Just had confirmation from Zelda herself that the amount of background fabric is correct at 7 3/4 yards (whatever that is) and that doesnt include the backing fabric.... I dont think I have 7+ metres of any fabric in my stash

I think theres going to be a whole lot of negative space in this quilt   :thinking: