Question from a "metric" quilter

Yes, that's what I figured too, thank you!

Uschi

Sandy Foster schrieb:

In article , 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!

A yard is *36"*, and I believe a meter is approximately 39". So two
meters would be just under 2.25 yards -- I'd go with 2.5 yards to be on
the safe side. You never know how much something will shrink, after all.
HTH.
--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
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http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1

AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education

Actually: I just mailordered 2,5 yards from the fabric I think I will
use and 3 yards of a fabric I like better but am not really certain
(from the tiny bit I have and seeing it on the screen) if it would work
as well..... How is that for stash building ;-)

Uschi

Roberta Zollner schrieb:

Yard = 36", meter = 39". So 2.5 yards is OK. But IMO just buy 3 yards -if
you don't use it, you have more stash. And if you do need it, (even the most
experienced quilters have brain fog days and cut out the wrong sizes) you'll
be really annoyed if you didn't buy more!
Roberta in D

"Quilterin" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
...
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!

Thank you, I've already worked it out: 36 inch is 1 yard, 39 inch is 1
meter. Thank you for the link, I've alread added it to my tools file
too.

Uschi
don't you just love it, when help and knowledge is just an e-mail away!

Marcella Peek schrieb:

No, don't!

A yard is really 36 inches (or three feet), not 39.

Here's a page to help with conversions.

http://www.metric-conversions.org/le...-to-meters.htm

marcella

In article , Quilterin
wrote:

THANK YOU! As I will mailorder, I'll go with the 2,5 yds. And I'll save
your reply in my "Quilt-File" so I can check back, should I forget the
measures again!

Uschi
(so a yard is 3 feet and 3 inches?)

Joanna schrieb:

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

There was a little rhyme we learned at school, can't remember it all but
the pertinent bit goes

"A metre equals 3 foot 3 - its longer than a yard you see..."

Suzie B
--
"From the internet connection under the pier"
Southend, UK
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You can also use google - just type what you'd like right in the search
term box (like "3 yards in meters") and it calculates it for you.

Lynn

By George, she's got it. I think she's really got it.
LOL
Marlys in Indiana

"Quilterin" wrote in message
...
Actually: I just mailordered 2,5 yards from the fabric I think I will
use and 3 yards of a fabric I like better but am not really certain
(from the tiny bit I have and seeing it on the screen) if it would work
as well..... How is that for stash building ;-)

Uschi

Roberta Zollner schrieb:

Yard = 36", meter = 39". So 2.5 yards is OK. But IMO just buy 3
yards -if
you don't use it, you have more stash. And if you do need it, (even the
most
experienced quilters have brain fog days and cut out the wrong sizes)
you'll
be really annoyed if you didn't buy more!
Roberta in D

"Quilterin" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
...
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!

Uschi
There is a Freeware program called "Conversion Buddy" that will do all sorts
of conversions for you - inches, metres, furlongs, pounds, degrees. Mine is
set up as an icon on a toolbar so I can open it anytime without searching
for the program in a list. Try here under Science (just scroll down)
http://www.user.shentel.net/rbowman/...myfree.htm#sci
--
Cheryl ^;;^ ^;;^ ^;;^

http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest


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"Quilterin" wrote in message
...
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!

Thank you, I'll check it out.

Uschi

Cheryl schrieb:

Uschi
There is a Freeware program called "Conversion Buddy" that will do all sorts
of conversions for you - inches, metres, furlongs, pounds, degrees. Mine is
set up as an icon on a toolbar so I can open it anytime without searching
for the program in a list. Try here under Science (just scroll down)
http://www.user.shentel.net/rbowman/...myfree.htm#sci
--
Cheryl ^;;^ ^;;^ ^;;^

http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest


catsatararat (YAHOO msgr)

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terribly inconvenienced to send this -
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"Quilterin" wrote in message
...
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!

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!!

--
Sharon from Melbourne Australia (Queen of Down Under)
http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html (takes a while to load)
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shazrules/my_photos (same as website but
quicker)

"Quilterin" wrote in message
...
Thank you, I'll check it out.

Uschi

Cheryl schrieb:

Uschi
There is a Freeware program called "Conversion Buddy" that will do all
sorts
of conversions for you - inches, metres, furlongs, pounds, degrees.
Mine is
set up as an icon on a toolbar so I can open it anytime without
searching
for the program in a list. Try here under Science (just scroll down)
http://www.user.shentel.net/rbowman/...myfree.htm#sci
--
Cheryl ^;;^ ^;;^ ^;;^

http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest


catsatararat (YAHOO msgr)

A large number of electrons were
terribly inconvenienced to send this -
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"Quilterin" wrote in message
...
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!

When I started to quilt in 1986 there was nothing available her in
Austria. I ordered everything in the US and so got used to think in
inch. I have all my tools in inches and when quilting took off in
Austria and rulers were available in cm I refused to buy everything a
second time.

I know how many cm are an inch and can look up any other conversion from
inch/foot/yard to meter. What was missing for me was the "division
within". Thanks to all of you, I've not got it noted down.

Uschi
still smiling when I think back to my first time buying fabric in Canada
and asking for a yard "We only sell in meters!" OOOOKKKAAAYYY - I can
deal with that... :-)

Sharon Harper schrieb:

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!!

--
Sharon from Melbourne Australia (Queen of Down Under)
http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html (takes a while to load)
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shazrules/my_photos (same as website but
quicker)

"Quilterin" wrote in message
...
Thank you, I'll check it out.

Uschi

Cheryl schrieb:

Uschi
There is a Freeware program called "Conversion Buddy" that will do all
sorts
of conversions for you - inches, metres, furlongs, pounds, degrees.
Mine is
set up as an icon on a toolbar so I can open it anytime without
searching
for the program in a list. Try here under Science (just scroll down)
http://www.user.shentel.net/rbowman/...myfree.htm#sci
--
Cheryl ^;;^ ^;;^ ^;;^

http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest


catsatararat (YAHOO msgr)

A large number of electrons were
terribly inconvenienced to send this -
at least read it.

"Quilterin" wrote in message
...
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!