quiltingkimmy Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 Hello, I have a customer bringing me 3 Christmas Tree Skirts! First time quilting anything circular.... any advise on quilting tree skirts, and also tips to calculate square inches on a round quilt...?? Thanks ladies!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaR Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 Hi Kimmy, It will be very interesting to hear the square inch on rounds.. I've not seen anything on the internet about it.. Thanks for Asking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Linda S Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 The area of a circle is pi r squared. So pi is (approximately) 3.14 times the radius (half the diameter) times the radius again. I'd probably float the tops, even though I hate floating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltingkimmy Posted October 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 Thanks Linda!! So let me make sure I've got it: 72" diameter 3.14(36x36)=3.14(1296)=4069.44 square inches I'll float the tops, and I made sure to tell her to keep the quilt backs square ... you never know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boni Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 DH helped me figure the square yardage, but actually you are going to figure based on the diameter. You'll need backing that is square to load it on and work the circle on. I would base my cost of quilting on that measurement. The skirts I'm doing are approx 84 inches across, hexagon, and she's bringing 90 in square backing. Figure batting is the same...I'm calculating on 84x72 = 4.67 square yards Here is my picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o2b Quilting Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 I charged per square inch. Did not change for circular. 42 inches across = 42 x 42=1964 x price. Did not use pi. It was still only $32 for the quilting!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattyJo Posted October 25, 2011 Report Share Posted October 25, 2011 I charged the same as Lucy. The amount of thread used may be less, but the pinning, and fussing with round rather than square takes longer to work with and the time element caused me to charge as if it were a square. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primitive1 Posted October 25, 2011 Report Share Posted October 25, 2011 I have a minimum I charge and would stick to that if it falls under that amount because of what Patty Jo says.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltingkimmy Posted October 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2011 Thanks everyone! I'll post pictures when done - picked them up last night and they look like they are going to be fun!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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