Originally Posted by Rhonda
Originally Posted by Rebecca VLQ
Originally Posted by Rhonda
As long as your swatch is slightly larger than you need then you are ok no matter how you cut your swatch.
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Well, now I've found the "create a sense of order" blocks for my scrappy quilt. They all ended up too small, so the solid 1/2 of the Boston is bigger than the QST side. Heh. They still look cool, but they are not perfection. I just keep cutting away and practicing though. I'm learning a lot with little risk, since it's scraps.
Did you cut out the center with your template? They should come out just fine that way.
I think what happened was I have a bunch of 2 strip pieces of fabric left over from a tube quilt that are wide enough, but I was cutting the QST part by itself and measuring 2.5" with my 6.5" clear ruler (waiting on the templates, just practicing with what I have! But, if you cut THOSE exact, when you sew it to the solid swatch, no matter how big the 2nd swatch is, the QST side is going to be less than 1/2 of a 2.5" square.
I circumvented the ease of just making a straight edge on the bottom of the QST part, then lining up and cutting out of the center. I've almost used up all the trial and error triangles though! :D