Can someone instruct me how to enlarge my fairy godmother pattern? She is turning out quite small :(

I use paint for sizing. I can't seem to save 'pic as' to edit it either. :(

Thanks!

Can you change the setting in your printer program to print at a larger percent? :D:D:D

Also, do you have the box checked in your printer program to print at actual size? :D:D:D

Do you have a function to enlarge it by putting the original printout on your printer glass, then enlarging it by a certain percent? (depends on what kind of printer you have)
Good luck!

I would print out the original pattern then follow these directions: Use the following formula if the size you want is not on the table above:
BLOCK SIZE WANTED (divided by) CURRENT BLOCK SIZE = PERCENT TO ENLARGE OR REDUCE
Example:
To enlarge: Size you want = 12" and Current size = 4"
12/4=3 (answer times 100 = 300%)
To reduce: Size you want = 7" and Current size = 12"
7/12=.58 (answer times 100 = 58%)

Hope this helps.

Shoot, I have a lexmark printer and it won't let me enlarge anything :(

Do you have a place close to you where you can take it, get it enlarged the percentage you want? Then bring it home, do your copies, cut into the different sections, and you should be good to go.

That's what I probably will have to do because I found out how to resize it, but it doesn't resize to 125%, instead it goes to 150% :(

Your local library probably has the printer you need, or the copy machine that will then enlarge your print.

Usually you can just type in the # you want...yes it automatically has some 100% or 150%.... but you should be able to put the exact % in.
Do you mean that your pattern didn't print out to size or do you mean that you want it larger than the original pattern?

I want it a little larger, those tiny, tiny pieces are hard for me :roll:

The local library should have a copier that you could use or your local office supply store.

Just make sure that you photocopy all of it at the same percentage. I only say this because I photocopied a pattern years ago and didn't realize that after each photocopy, the copier would revert to the previous size. Drove me NUTS trying to figure out why things would not match up....

Thanks for the tip, I didn't think of that.

When I first saw the teensy pieces I almost changed my mind about making it. But after you add the lines in the first step, and then cut the main sections apart, I taped them all to my table and just cut off each little section I needed to work on next. As I finished each main strip I did join the sections together rather than wait until the end. The eyes and nostrils are such minute pieces but in the end they did match pretty well. (of course the back was pretty ugly-I'm not the neatest paper piecer.)