Originally Posted by
quilter711
Easy peasy for you! I need to think it thru. I will make a practice block to see how I do. I do appreciate your help. I think my issue was looking it as a 4 patch with a square in the middle. I think you may have cleared up the confusion. Thank you very much for your response. I love your avatar!!
If you are doing a whole quilt ... cut two strips of the white and one of the red and sew them together. Then cut them at the intervals. Eg. 3" strips, then cut at 3" and you have the three already joined together.
Just remember, whatever size you want you need to allow for the seam allowances.
Then once you have all your sets of three cut. YOu can add the other two sides to complete the block. In this case you'd cut pieces 3"x6". Once sewn the unfinished block will measure 6x6 ... finished 5-1/2" square.
For the other block ... same thing ... cut strips of the reds and broad strips of the florals and sew together in strip sets. Then cut at the intervals. Then add your strips on each side. Just remember your measurements have changed as you have a larger centre block this time.
To plan ahead, and get your measurements figured out before you cut into fabric ... draw it out on graph paper to the size you want the finished blocks. Then add in the seam allowances to know what size you need to cut at.
And before you do all the cutting, just make a block or two to make sure you like what it will be. Easier to correct sizings before cutting ... than to but and sew and say, oh dear, it's not right!
