Thread: Cutting FQ's

Whats the best way to cut Fat Quarters to get the most 5 inch squares from them ??

Best way?

You can't get more than TWELVE 5" squares from a ~22"x18" square.

Unless you piece the rest....but I don't think that's what you want to do.

Originally Posted by MTS

Here's a visual of a FQ showing the cuts for 5" squares (the black is the excess).
Attachment 367634

Weird, the pic looks perfectly to scale in EQ but it looks a bit off here.
But you get the idea.

your attachment doesn't work

Huh. It was there.

Here it is again:

Originally Posted by MTS

Huh. It was there.

Here it is again:

now it shows!

Here is a graphic that might help.

http://nickelquilts.wordpress.com/20...ting-diagrams/