? on HST sizes
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? on HST sizes
Sorry Brain will not engage today. I am going to make a carpenters square for my brother in laws retirement. The pattern calls for 6 1/2" unfinished squares. What size will I need to cut my squares for to do HST? I am thinking 7 and 3/8 , but am not sure. I am going to use this pattern http://www.quiltfrog.com/fourhour.html
Has anyone else made this one?
Has anyone else made this one?
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Gee, Thanks Abby's mom, I knew I thought I had seen that somewhere. I think that is the way I will go. I am proud I did remember the add 7/8 rule.
LOL, sinus meds will rot your mathematical mind.......Thanks everybody!!!
LOL, sinus meds will rot your mathematical mind.......Thanks everybody!!!
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Sorry Brain will not engage today. I am going to make a carpenters square for my brother in laws retirement. The pattern calls for 6 1/2" unfinished squares. What size will I need to cut my squares for to do HST? I am thinking 7 and 3/8 , but am not sure. I am going to use this pattern http://www.quiltfrog.com/fourhour.html
Has anyone else made this one?
Has anyone else made this one?
The pattern calls for 6.5 unfinished. So your finished size is 6 inches. You add 7/8ths to the finished size not the unfinished size. So for the HST I would cut 7 inches and square up to 6.5.
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Scissor Queen is right. The 6 7/8" would require you to do a scant 1/4" seam and press very accurately to retain the square shape. If you sew that perfectly, then that is the correct size for you. I prefer to add 1" to the FINISHED HST size (which would be 7" in this case) and trim the individual HSTs down to size.
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