It was a good week for destashing - at least for my goals that is. I have pulled 4 1/4 yards for two charity quilt backs I have started. I made a quiltlet (.22 yd )and finished a mug rug (.04 yd). Now you're probably wondering how I got those numbers in parentheses. And I have a friend who wants to know how I figure yardage using scraps so here goes. When I've finished a project [let's use the mug rug as the example] I measure my piece - in this case it was only the backing that I pulled from my stash. It measured 7.5 inches square. Now I found how many square inches there are in a yard (using 36 x 42 measurement). There are 1512 square inches in this yard. I'm going to use that as my standard yard. So I multiplied my mug rug backing 7.5 x 7.5 and got 56.25 sq inches. I divide that by the 1512 and get 0.0372 or 0.04 of a yd. That quiltlet that I made - it was 18" square. Doubled the 18 and divided by 1512 to get .22 yds. Clear as mud?
When I'm making a scrap block, I lay out my scraps and work out how many inches I took out of my stash. The little I have left is usually too small to go back into the scrap bin (it's not going back into my stash!), so it isn't added back. Take the photo above. I laid out my scraps and I would roughly be using a rectangle of fabric that measures 11 x 14 or 154 square inches or .10 yd.
Why do I bother - Hey! Progress is progress - no matter how tiny a destash - LOL. Here are my numbers:
Used/Donated this week: 4.51 yards
Used/Donated YTD: 57.56 yards
Added/Bought this week: 0.00 yards
Added/Bought YTD: 21.5 yards
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Net Decrease YTD: 36.06 yards
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Interesting way to figure your yardage. I weigh mine. I have a small digital scale and I weighed a few sample yards, took the average and now can weigh a finished quilt and translate it into yardage.
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