Did I do this wrong?
10-11-2011, 06:25 PM
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Tough week so I decided to do some playing with my fabric. I always wanted to try a 4 patch posy so I started playing. Took some fabric that I loved the color, cut 5 1/2 inch squares stacked 4 together. then I cut into 4 pieces diagonally. Took 4 identical stacks and sewed together to make a block. I thought it looked pretty good. Now I come to the computer and look up 4 PP and discover everyone else cuts into 4 squares not triangles! Oops...have i made a new block or what?
10-11-2011, 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by marymc
Tough week so I decided to do some playing with my fabric. I always wanted to try a 4 patch posy so I started playing. Took some fabric that I loved the color, cut 5 1/2 inch squares stacked 4 together. then I cut into 4 pieces diagonally. Took 4 identical stacks and sewed together to make a block. I thought it looked pretty good. Now I come to the computer and look up 4 PP and discover everyone else cuts into 4 squares not triangles! Oops...have i made a new block or what?
There was another poster that showed us a 4PP cut on the diagonal. No reason why it has to be square cuts!
10-11-2011, 09:58 PM
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ASN has a book (maybe by Linda Cause) that has the diagonal cut. I was surprised when I saw the pictures here done on the straight. Both look great. I think the straight cuts would be easier as you would have no bias edges to sew.
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