What is a "float"when cutting 1/2 blocks?

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05-01-2013, 02:00 PM

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bearisgray

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Jan - the illustration is very helpful.

05-01-2013, 02:10 PM

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some times we think to hard guilty here and I never knew thats what it is called thanks for the information

05-01-2013, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Mundy

some times we think to hard guilty here and I never knew thats what it is called thanks for the information

Me, too. I've done this in quilts and never knew it was called a "float"

05-02-2013, 02:55 AM

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Thanks

I learned something new today!!!

05-02-2013, 03:06 AM

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Dollyo

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Eleanor Burns pattern "Card Tricks" offers that option. And that's the option that I have chosen when I have made that quilt.

05-02-2013, 03:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Jan in VA

This is what "float" looks like.
You can use the same idea when setting a quilt "on point" by cutting the setting triangles larger than needed and trimming a bit after the whole top is sewn together. Leave enough 'extra' to allow floating of the design.

Jan in VA

A picture is worth a thousand words! Thanks for the visual, Jan. I did not get it until you posted the picture! Once again, I learned something new today!

05-02-2013, 04:15 AM

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Well I never. I have made a quilt using this method but didn't realise it was called float. Next time wilt know.

05-02-2013, 04:23 AM

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cactusmomma

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Thanks Jan. I have never seen that in a pattern so now I'll know what it is if I do see "float."

05-02-2013, 05:27 AM

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I liked your clear explanation ! Thanks !

05-02-2013, 05:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Jan in VA

Thanks, Jan. You are always so helpful. Wish you could be my BFF. Wish that I had reasoned this out on my own. One of those, "Why didn't I think of that!"