Increase the Quilt Size

       The quilt I made for Cathryn’s daughter was actually a larger size of one of my quilt patterns.  This goes to show that just because a pattern has a quilt at one size, it doesn’t have to stay that way.  To make a quilt bigger, sometimes all you have to do is the math.  For example, Birthday Surprise requires 12 quarters yards and consists of 12 blocks.  I figure that’s a quarter yard per block.  To make it bigger, I would figure out how many blocks I want, and that would total how many quarter yards I need.  Of course, it would not work that simply for any sashing, framing, or boarders a quilt may need, but for blocks it would work perfectly.

Birthday Surprise

         While not foolproof, you can probably do this trick with a lot of patterns.  Roughly figure out how much fabric you need per block then multiply.  If it’s a precut quilt, instead of doing the math, try getting an extra precut pack and see how many blocks you can get out of it.

        

        The precut method can be done with scraps as well.  In fact, scraps may be the most fun way to make a quilt bigger.  All you have to do is keep making blocks out of scraps until you either have the amount of blocks you need or run out of scraps.  There is one warning to this, however.  You may have so much fun making blocks that you end up making your quilt too big for a long-arm!