Do not worry
[Please take a piece of squared paper. one inch squares would be best and draw on the flag. make sure the diagonals go straight through each square. (that is so you can do half square triangles)
Then colour in correctly . make a list of how many full square red, full square blue, full square white. Now look at the half square white/blue half square red/ble half square red/ white. each sqaure can represent any sized suare.
\a 4 1/2inch square makes a single bed/
Some where in a british book is a copy of this pattern QUOTE=ukmuminusa;2344920]One of the reasons I got into quilting last month! was because I had seen a fantastibut donot know which one.
Dottyc quilt online made out of union jacks.
To get me started on quilting I am in the process of doing a simple 9 patch quilt and I am enjoying doing it. However, in the back of my mind is that union jack quilt that would be perfect for my sons, especially as we are all British.
But last night in my wisdom I was blog hopping and came across that gorgeous quilt again. I would love to make it but everywhere I look I just can't find the pattern for it. So I came across an asterix (astericks - spelling unsure) pattern and this morning I adapted it and started trying to make a union jack, 5 attempts later and I still can't do it! It turned out very wonky and uneven, lots of unpicking happened. So I gave up on that, I had another search and found a paper piecing pattern on twin sisters for for the union jack. Thinking this would at least make sure everything is straight and lined up, which my previous attempt wasn't I had a go. I printed the pattern out even though its much smaller than i wanted, I thought that at least if I could do a practise then I could always enlarge the pattern. So I have now had 2 attemps at it and I just don't get paper piecing and I am so confused and frustrated................I have looked at youtube examples and I still don't get it.
Has anyone else ever made a union jack flag block by paper piecing? Any suggestions, ideas. Maybe this is one block I should save for another time.
Thanks for the moan, frustrated :cry:[/QUOTE]