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A yard is 36 inches.
-- http://community.webshots.com/user/snigdibbly SNIGDIBBLY ~e~ " / \ http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/snigdibbly. http://www.ebaystores.com/snigdibbly...ox&refid=store "Joanna" wrote in message news:gznNe.196474$HI.137368@edtnps84... 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! -- Remove QUILT to reply |
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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!! -- Dr. Quilter http://community.webshots.com/user/mvignali (take the dog out for a walk) |
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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 in Montreal |
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In message WhGNe.349$P34.264@okepread07, SNIGDIBBLY
writes A yard is 36 inches. A metre measures three foot three. It's bigger than a yard, you see. -- M Rimmer |
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