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Old 10-30-2013, 01:54 PM
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Elise1
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Default Please help me understand pattern

The first picture is of the block assembly instructions for the Brothers and Sisters quilt.

The book says that if I sew together four 9" blocks it will create an 18 1/2" square block. Using a 1/4" seam allowance, it seems to me that sewing four 9" blocks together would create a 17 1/2" square block.
Is the pattern wrong or is there something I am not understanding?

Next the book says that sewing nine 6" blocks together will create an 18 1/2" square block. I would think it would make a 17" block.

The second picture shows the quilt blocks sewn together. How do I make the 6" and 9" blocks into squares that are the same size?

I am so confused.

Elise
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