Please help a newbie?
The directions say cut a 2" strip, and a 3" strip, and another 2" strip, then sew them...and I'm supposed to end up with a 6" block??? I don't get it. I have been looking at the "Warm Wishes" quilt here: http://www.quiltmaker.com/patterns/d...html?idx=5185_ Could someone explain? Thanks |
If you take 2 + 3 + 2 inch (total 7in) strips and sew them together with an exact scant 1/4" you will wind up with a 6" width. Then you would cut the length to get 6" blocks unless your strips were 6" long. If you get more or less than 6" when you sew the strips together, you need to readjust your 1/4" and try again. The extra is taken up in your seams.
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If you use a 1/4" inch seam you will have used 1" in the seam, thus 6" block. The seam allowance takes off 1/4" from each strip. Hope this helps.
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That does make sense. How does it fit into the quilt?
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Originally Posted by littlehud
That does make sense. How does it fit into the quilt?
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Originally Posted by Beth33
Please help a newbie?
The directions say cut a 2" strip, and a 3" strip, and another 2" strip, then sew them...and I'm supposed to end up with a 6" block??? I don't get it. I have been looking at the "Warm Wishes" quilt here: http://www.quiltmaker.com/patterns/d...html?idx=5185_ Could someone explain? Thanks Almost every block in every pattern will be a 1/2" bigger all the way around when "unfinished." |
I still don't understand the math part, but if it makes sense to you guys, then I'll give it a try and see what happens. Have some FQs coming from Ebay that I can play with.....soon I will have "a stash"!!! I'm so excited!
I feel like a kid in a candy store...I want that fabric, and I want that fabric, etc. Thanks again! |
Originally Posted by amma
when you add the widths of the 3 strips together and subtract off all of the seam allowances your strip will measure 6 1/2" and when you cut this strip into 6 1/2" blocks, take a 1/2" off that for additional seam allowances your block will finish at 6".
Almost every block in every pattern will be a 1/2" bigger all the way around when "unfinished." |
So the unfinished block is 6" but after it's finished it will be 5-1/2", right?
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It sure makes a cute quilt.
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