Converting a 12" block to a 6" ... divide in half and add 1/2", right. Easy peasy. WRONG. I still don't know what happened; too mad to mess with it right now.
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Take a deep breath you will get it. Try, try and try again. BrendaK
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:oops: I would've done the same! Thanks for the warning.
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If you place a 6" square piece of paper on a 12" one, you will see you needed to divide it by 4, then add your 1/2" seem allowance
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Originally Posted by PrettyCurious
If you place a 6" square piece of paper on a 12" one, you will see you needed to divide it by 4, then add your 1/2" seem allowance
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I can "see" divide it by 4 but it doesn't make sense in my head. Why does that work? Six is half of 12. This makes my brain hurt.lol
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It is hard to give advice unless we see the block.
Depends on if it is a square or a star. |
Did you divide the original measurements for the 12" block, the ones that included the necessary seam allowances for the 12" block?
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Are you trying to reduce/enlarge individual pieces or the whole block at one time?
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Originally Posted by PrettyCurious
If you place a 6" square piece of paper on a 12" one, you will see you needed to divide it by 4, then add your 1/2" seem allowance
So if you have a four 6" finished blocks making up a 12" block, you do want to divide each piece by 2 and add the seam allowance. That will give you four 3.5" blocks, which will make a finished 6" 4-patch block. Your way would have four 1.5" blocks, with a finished block size of 3", which would be too small for what she wanted. |
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