Originally Posted by
Elise1
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?
i can see where you would be confused. the pattern writer refers to the block size as the finished size of the block without the seam allowance... so the 9" blocks are actually 9.5" blocks, so two rows of two sewn together results in 18.5"
Originally Posted by
Elise1
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.
see explanation above with the unfinished blocks being 6.5"
Originally Posted by
Elise1
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
now we are talking about the finished sizes of the blocks 3 x 6" blocks = 2 x 9" blocks
HTH