Originally Posted by
Ariannaquilts
When I was making a Irish Chain quilt that had it felt like hundreds of hst I did it the way Jan described except that I didn't do it on paper I was taught to do this technique on fabric. It worked wonderfully, so anytime I need lots of hst this is the method I use. Hope this helps you out.
So what size would the blocks be to get 3.5 inch finished HST's? I'm not at all good with math. I tried making a sample of 16 blocks at 4.5 inches. They came out over 4". That's to much to trim off. What's the formula?
SVAL