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Old 10-30-2012, 06:40 PM
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amandasgramma
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Okay! Thanks for the info.
FYI! We all make whatever block we want. We did this last year and had problems with some turning out 12" instead of 12 1/2". All but 1 of us are experienced....so we couldn't figure it out. I've started looking at various quilt patterns in magazines and run across a few that don't add up. I went to my EQ 7 and put in a 12 1/2" block. The block is a 16 patch. EQ7 says (when rotary cutting) to cut the patches at 3 5/8....4 x 3 5/8" = 14 1/2. Subtract the three seams ( 1 1/2") gives me a block that's 13"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And other configurations (adding a diagonal on each of the blocks) says to cut the block at 4".....which I did and ended up with a block that's too small! BTW - my seams are a perfect 1/4"....and a slight move to the right won't make up for 1/2" on 4 cuts.

Has anyone else had problems with EQ7???
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