Figuring out block sizes
I get all confused when I try to figure out how to make a quilt when all I have is a picture. Is there some formula that works in all sorts of occasions?
Example: I have 5 complimentary fabrics. One is my 'special' one. I would like to make a quilt with that as my focal point in all the blocks with smaller blocks all around it along with sashing. So, if I make the focal block 5" finished size and the sashing 1" finished size, how do I figure out what size to cut the squares around it allowing for sashing and seam allowance?
Clear as mud? :-) Basically I just don't know how to measure and cut without a pattern where someone has already worked it all out. :-) This is one idea:
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