Need math gurus
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Need math gurus
I have 10.5 inch scrappy blocks that I want to sew on point (finish 10”). What size blocks do I cut for sides and corners?
I have sewn 2.5” blocks together (5 across and 5 down) squares and want to sew them in a layout to give a solid diagonal look across the quilt. Can I use a long strip of background to make it look seamless or should I cut the background blocks into squares? When the scrappy blocks are sewn together it will look like a long band and wondered if I could mimic the long band look by cutting a single piece for the background.
Hope i’ve explained this well enough. Thanks for your help!
I have sewn 2.5” blocks together (5 across and 5 down) squares and want to sew them in a layout to give a solid diagonal look across the quilt. Can I use a long strip of background to make it look seamless or should I cut the background blocks into squares? When the scrappy blocks are sewn together it will look like a long band and wondered if I could mimic the long band look by cutting a single piece for the background.
Hope i’ve explained this well enough. Thanks for your help!
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Try this link. Not sure what you're thinking with background fabric so can't offer advice.
https://quiltville.blogspot.com/2005...nt-quilts.html
https://quiltville.blogspot.com/2005...nt-quilts.html
#4
While I am unsure of your question about the background, I can answer your Math question about the setting Triangles.
For a finished 10 " block size according to EQ, four setting triangles for the sides can be cut out of a 15 3/8 inch square with two diagonal cuts (an X so to speak).
Two corner triangles would be gotten by a single diagonal cut on a 7 15/16 inch block. That would be in a perfect world - lol.
That being said ... I would never cut them that close. 15.5 and 8 would still be too close for me - I would cut them a bit larger and square them up and trim them before assembling the rows.
Hope it helps
For a finished 10 " block size according to EQ, four setting triangles for the sides can be cut out of a 15 3/8 inch square with two diagonal cuts (an X so to speak).
Two corner triangles would be gotten by a single diagonal cut on a 7 15/16 inch block. That would be in a perfect world - lol.
That being said ... I would never cut them that close. 15.5 and 8 would still be too close for me - I would cut them a bit larger and square them up and trim them before assembling the rows.
Hope it helps
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Jan in VA did a nice tutorial on setting quilt blocks on point for us in this link: Setting Quilts on Point - the easy way!
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