Originally Posted by susiequilt

Sorry, I have no idea! I'm sure I knew 50 years ago but now it is over my head!
I'm OLD and the brain cells are almost gone!
:-D

Originally Posted by Ceil

The 1.4 is the approximate square root of 2. (you asked) :)
In a right isosceles triangle the sides are "a", "a" and "a" times the square root of 2 (the longer side). If you draw a diagram of what your are doing this would probably be clearer as you can see that it's the diagonal that is being cut. You have to first take away the .5 as you're dealing with the smaller square once you sew the seam, so it's your size of square minus .5.
Then to find the size of the diagonal (longer side you've just created, you must multiply by 1.4 (approx. square root of 2).
Then you must subtract another .5 as you sew two of these together and make that side shorter.
This seems to work. Also this is NOT the finished size, this is the size of the block before finishing.
Someone asked about working backwards from this: What square do you have to start with to end up with a certain size. To do the math for this, take the size you want to end up with and add .5. Then divide by 1.4. Then add another .5. You must do these is this order in order for it to work. Again, this is not the finished size, so add another 1/2 inch if you want the finished size. You're also not going to get an exact friendly number each time so you may have to fudge a little. For example, if you come out to 6.8, you'll probably want to call that 6 3/4 and just know that it should be a generous 6 3/4.
I have not been quilting long, I'm just doing the math so it would be helpful if someone else would verify this before taking it as gospel. Thanks.

Originally Posted by grann of 6

I would say slightly less than 1 1/2; does that work? This formula business is too much for me. I just pick a block, sew it and whatever ends up is what I use. I'll adjust size in the end by adding necessary borders. You guys are getting too complicated to have it be fun anymore! This is supposed to be a fun, fly by the seat of our pants thing, I thought :roll: :lol:

Originally Posted by Kaye-Kaye

I have several charm packs that I have gathered every year when we go to the quilt show in Paducah. Hancocks always seems to have them on a deal I can't pass up. I never get around to using them though. I decided to use the charm packs to do this project so I went to the Missouri Quilt Co website to see their tutorial as someone previously showed beautiful work they had done using this simple tute. Believe me I need simple. It is only available as a video or on YouTube. I am a country girl with verrrrrry slow internet. No video for me. So I went googling for a written version and found this. Looks easy enough so I am going to do a trial run with scraps later today.

http://quiltfrenzy.blogspot.com/2010...m-2-charm.html

Originally Posted by Connie in CO

I got out my new little BABY GO and cutting out my 5" squares.I can pick out what 2 fabrics I'm going to be using to make a Pinwheels,put them in cut them out and sew them together.
Connie in CO