Old 11-15-2012, 05:24 AM
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QuiltnNan
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Originally Posted by MTS View Post
On your version, the 9-patches blocks used in the border would FINISH at 2-1/8, not a really fun size (17/8) to divide by 3.

3 / 1.414 = 2.122 ...round up to 2.125"

The beauty of Elizabeth's quilt is that the inner and outer 9-patches are the same size.

eta: Not Elizabeth, but Shari's mom.
since you are so good at the math, how wide does the on point border have to be to make the 9p's the same size as the inner section, 3" ?
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