Block math help needed
06-02-2021, 04:42 PM
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Block math help needed
Hello--So I was watching a video tutorial (or whatever they are called) from Missouri Star Quilt Co, yesterday that had the quilting marine Mark featured. They were making a crumb block center that they made into a star. The crumb block center was cut at 8.5 inches square. Then Misty took 2- 10 inch blocks and created the 8 outer sections on the star. It seemed easy enough: sew on opposite sides of diagonal lines- then cut block into 8 sections--but here is the math question. I have a bunch of already made 6.5 inch crumb blocks. Would I then use 2-8 inch blocks for the star "lights" I think she called them???
(I am new to quilting, so this type of sizing isn't clear yet).
(I am new to quilting, so this type of sizing isn't clear yet).
06-03-2021, 04:57 AM
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I had to go look at the video to see what kind of star they created. They used HST's to form the star points. If your center block finishes at 6 inches, you want your HST's to finish at 3 inches.
If you are making them 2 at a time, you need four bright and four background squares measuring 4 inches. Then you draw your diagonal line, stitch on both sides, cut apart, press gently and trim to 3 1/2 inches square.
If you want to use the 'easy eight' method, you will need two squares measuring 7 3/4 inches. Here is a link to this method. http://www.blossomheartquilts.com/20...ght-at-a-time/
And a YouTube for the same method https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag0xfRpe_UM
And here is a link to testing a new block without fabric. I hate to waste fabric so love this little hack. http://quiltingdigest.com/how-to-mak...asting-fabric/
If you are making them 2 at a time, you need four bright and four background squares measuring 4 inches. Then you draw your diagonal line, stitch on both sides, cut apart, press gently and trim to 3 1/2 inches square.
If you want to use the 'easy eight' method, you will need two squares measuring 7 3/4 inches. Here is a link to this method. http://www.blossomheartquilts.com/20...ght-at-a-time/
And a YouTube for the same method https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag0xfRpe_UM
And here is a link to testing a new block without fabric. I hate to waste fabric so love this little hack. http://quiltingdigest.com/how-to-mak...asting-fabric/
06-03-2021, 05:35 AM
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Originally Posted by GingerK
I had to go look at the video to see what kind of star they created. They used HST's to form the star points. If your center block finishes at 6 inches, you want your HST's to finish at 3 inches.
If you are making them 2 at a time, you need four bright and four background squares measuring 4 inches. Then you draw your diagonal line, stitch on both sides, cut apart, press gently and trim to 3 1/2 inches square.
If you want to use the 'easy eight' method, you will need two squares measuring 7 3/4 inches. Here is a link to this method. http://www.blossomheartquilts.com/20...ght-at-a-time/
And a YouTube for the same method https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag0xfRpe_UM
And here is a link to testing a new block without fabric. I hate to waste fabric so love this little hack. http://quiltingdigest.com/how-to-mak...asting-fabric/
If you are making them 2 at a time, you need four bright and four background squares measuring 4 inches. Then you draw your diagonal line, stitch on both sides, cut apart, press gently and trim to 3 1/2 inches square.
If you want to use the 'easy eight' method, you will need two squares measuring 7 3/4 inches. Here is a link to this method. http://www.blossomheartquilts.com/20...ght-at-a-time/
And a YouTube for the same method https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag0xfRpe_UM
And here is a link to testing a new block without fabric. I hate to waste fabric so love this little hack. http://quiltingdigest.com/how-to-mak...asting-fabric/
Thank you so much--I will have to watch these tutorials very carefully. I greatly appreciate all the help on different quilting questions on this forum. Thank you again.
