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Old August 20th 05, 02:32 PM
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A yard is 36 inches.

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A yard is 39 inches. A foot is 12 inches. When I buy fabric I always buy to
the next quarter meter. So you could go with 2.25 meters. But I tend to use
the half meter because I would always rather be safe than sorry. Especially
if it is some place I know I won't be able to return to shop for a bit.
Joanna

Quilterin wrote:

I worked out how many inches of fabric I need (78) and I know (from
checking my two sided tape measure) that I need about 2 meters of
fabric. How many yards should I order?

If I order 2,5 yds. I should be on the safe side. I only know that a
yard is a little bit less than a meter - about 92 cm? My dictionary only
gives inch in cm, etc. but not how many inch in a foot, or how many inch
in a yard. And I finally want to KNOW stuff like that and not just
'guestimate'.

Please help!

Uschi
who's kitchen magnet board has the measures for a stick of butter - as
given on this list - proudly displayed!


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Old August 20th 05, 04:02 PM
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I am metric for everything except for quilting (and my weight, my scale
is in lbs here..)

Sharon Harper wrote:

Uschi, I have to laugh because I was so totally metric until I became a
quilter. Now I have to work to think in metric. Anything up to 12 inches
long I work in inches, over that I switch back to metres!!


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Old August 23rd 05, 12:11 PM
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Quilterin wrote:
I worked out how many inches of fabric I need (78) and I know (from
checking my two sided tape measure) that I need about 2 meters of
fabric. How many yards should I order?

If I order 2,5 yds. I should be on the safe side. I only know that a
yard is a little bit less than a meter - about 92 cm? My dictionary only
gives inch in cm, etc. but not how many inch in a foot, or how many inch
in a yard. And I finally want to KNOW stuff like that and not just
'guestimate'.

Please help!

Uschi
who's kitchen magnet board has the measures for a stick of butter - as
given on this list - proudly displayed!


As a metric quilter, I always order the same amount in metres as in
yards. this gives me a bit of extra fabric to play with should I have a
problem and if not, it leaves me with some good sized quilts.

Marijke
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Old August 23rd 05, 12:22 PM
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In message WhGNe.349$P34.264@okepread07, SNIGDIBBLY
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A yard is 36 inches.

A metre measures three foot three.
It's bigger than a yard, you see.
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