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How to Use a Fabric Conversion Chart

How to Use a Fabric Conversion Chart

Posted on November 30, 2012October 10, 2017

Ever find a beautiful fabric and it’s a wide 60″ but your pattern only lists yardage amounts for using 45″ fabric? Yeah, me too. It happens often. And what about if it’s reversed – a pattern requiring 60″ fabric but you have THE material for the project in 40″? Well… that gets more complicated. You’d Read More...

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