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Old 02-23-2011, 03:28 PM
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But that's not how the math works in this case.

I'm sure there is a table somewhere but I'm too lazy to look it up. Mmind you, I've never done one of these quilts.

So, as I'm doing anything to avoid looking at my taxes, let me take a crack at this:

You did a 6x6 10" block layout with a border, that ended up as 61" quilt top, including the additional 6" border.

So the block center was 49"x49", ergo the TWISTED blocks have to finish at 7", right?

If that's correct, I think you need 72 10" blocks.

If you have a setting of 8x9 10" blocks with a 6" border, you'd have 90 "intersections" in which to cut the TWISTED blocks.

And that's how many (90) 7" finished blocks you need to make a 9x10 layout, which would result in a quilt top of 63"x70".
Add a 6" border around the whole thing and that brings you to 75" x 82". Close enough.

So,yeah, I'm sticking with 72 10" blocks.

Is that even in the ballpark?

My taxes might actually be easier. :wink:
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