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    Full Length UQ Dimension Help

    After reading for days on here I'm still a little confused on how big to cut the pieces of fabric for a DIY full length UQ. If anyone could help me out with the calculations that would be great.

    I'm looking to make a quilt 78"x45" with 3" of loft. I know I need to leave about an extra inch around the outsides for seams. What I'm confused about is how much extra to leave for a differential cut, the loss due to sewing on the baffles, and what to leave for sewing darts? Thanks for any help!

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    Greetings

    I believe, I've read that for every 6 inches of inner shell width, the outer shell should be 7 inches in width. I've never made one myself, so don't hold me to these numbers.

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    Look at Dutch's comment to my similar question in the following post.

    http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/s...ad.php?t=17242

    You need to also include material for your baffle height on the differentially cut piece of material.

    FYI, if you read my first post, I ended up not needing to use the extra material, as I didn't end up using a rolled hem for the channels. I added a wide ribbon on the sides for the channel. This saved me about 4 inches.

    Here is a post about the quilt that I built.

    http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/s...ad.php?t=26906

    Shevy77

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