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I am making my first fence rail quilt. I cut my strips 2 1/2 inches,sewed them at 1/4 inch and when you lay them side by side you can see they are the same size which is 8x8 but when you turn the second block to start making the fence rail the size doesn't match. What am I doing wrong? When I watch tutorials on this the I do according to the instructions. Please help. Thanks
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Maybe some of your seams weren't 1/4". They must have been just a smidge smaller. This is what's neat about this quilt. You can trim a smidge on each side to even them up.
If you were making a whole quilt of these fabric strips alone you can sew 2 1/2 x 44" strips together and then measure the width, then cut your blocks to match. Chain sewing like that can make the project go a lot quicker. Good luck. |
If I am doing the math correctly, your block should by 8 1/2x 8 1/2. That means you just cut your width wrong.
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I'm waiting to see what answers you get because I had the same problem.
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Strips should be 8 1/2 long if your making them 2 1/2" wide. You did not allow for seam allowance when cutting the length to get an 8" block.
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Originally Posted by msawicki64
I am making my first fence rail quilt. I cut my strips 2 1/2 inches,sewed them at 1/4 inch and when you lay them side by side you can see they are the same size which is 8x8 but when you turn the second block to start making the fence rail the size doesn't match. What am I doing wrong? When I watch tutorials on this the I do according to the instructions. Please help. Thanks
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Yep. Should be cut 8 1/2" to allow for seam allowance. Sometimes books and magazines have mistakes that haven't been caught before publication. Hope you haven't cut too many the wrong size.
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Thank you all for input. When I get home tonight I will measure them all to see where I messed up.
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Hope u were able to fix problem!
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Originally Posted by donnajean
Strips should be 8 1/2 long if your making them 2 1/2" wide. You did not allow for seam allowance when cutting the length to get an 8" block.
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