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Old 10-05-2012, 01:55 AM
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Whats the best way to cut Fat Quarters to get the most 5 inch squares from them ??
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Old 10-05-2012, 02:22 AM
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Best way?

You can't get more than TWELVE 5" squares from a ~22"x18" square.

Unless you piece the rest....but I don't think that's what you want to do.
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Old 10-05-2012, 02:30 AM
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Here's a visual of a FQ showing the cuts for 5" squares (the black is the excess).
[ATTACH=CONFIG]367634[/ATTACH]

Weird, the pic looks perfectly to scale in EQ but it looks a bit off here.
But you get the idea.

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Old 10-05-2012, 02:54 AM
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Originally Posted by MTS View Post
Here's a visual of a FQ showing the cuts for 5" squares (the black is the excess).
[ATTACH=CONFIG]367634[/ATTACH]

Weird, the pic looks perfectly to scale in EQ but it looks a bit off here.
But you get the idea.
your attachment doesn't work
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Old 10-05-2012, 02:59 AM
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Huh. It was there.

Here it is again:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]367637[/ATTACH]
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Here is a graphic that might help.

http://nickelquilts.wordpress.com/20...ting-diagrams/
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Originally Posted by MTS View Post
Huh. It was there.

Here it is again:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]367637[/ATTACH]

now it shows!
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Now if they just happen to be Canadian FQs ... and perfectly cut ... you could get 16!!
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