Originally Posted by bailey
OK, I am really math challenged this morning. If anyone could help I would be so grateful.
My center that I am working on is 64 1/2 inches square. I am wanting to add a narrow border to that and then add another border that measures 6 1/2 inches unfinished squares.
How wide a border do I need to add to the existing center for the 6 1/2 inch border to work out evenly? I have been drawing this and trying to figure it out all morning. Guess I need more coffee!
Thanks for any help.
If I understand your problem, you would add a 2-1/2" strip to your center. That should make your center 66-1/2" square, which will finish down to 66" square. That way, you can put 11 squares of 6" (finished size) along each side. If you do two opposite sides first, then you would need 11 blocks on each, and 13 blocks on each of the other two sides (i.e., if you don't you'll have "holes" at the corners).
HTH,
Odessa