Originally Posted by
Anael
Yes Jeanie, that's the way I do it. Most of the time (with these blocks anyway) you need to cut 8 pieces of the same template, 4 'normal' and 4 mirrored. I cut 4, turn the template on it's back and cut 4 more.
Anael .... why are you making 4 mirrored copies? Are you mirroring 3 of the hexes for the block?
I make 6 to sew to and 1 to cut to make templates. I don't mirror any of them. The one I cut has writing on it so I know which way is "up".
BUT .. having just finished the "Log Cabin Cones" block I will say that I wish I HAD mirrored 3 of the blocks. Look at the sample of the block closely where the log cabin portion meets the neighboring block. Blue meets orange all the way around. After I made my block I was thinking it would have looked so much better if blue met blue for two blades, then orange met orange ... and so on. So for this block I WOULD suggest 3 mirrored copies.