Originally Posted by LucyInTheSky

Suggestion: Download my Excel file (above the JPG) and play with it. You can add more pieces. You can also practice figuring out what to do with the border where the puzzle ends. ranger had some pieces with solid ends at her border, and since everything is a 1" square, you can just count the number of squares in your design, add .5 for seam allowance, and you can do whatever you want :D

Originally Posted by LucyInTheSky

And here's how to do it with 8.5" unfinished blocks.

I showed the first yellow piece with its individual squares, so you can count and see the size.

The rest show the pieces you would actually cut... some of the lines got lost. Look at the green one, it's all intact. Or DL the Excel sheet, it shows up better. The darker black lines shows the block outline.

So from each color (to get 1 full puzzle piece), I'm going to cut:

2 3.5 x 8.5
1 4.5 x 2.5 (middle of same block)
2 2.5 x 2.5 (for the adjacent blocks)

To put it together, I take the 4.5 x 2.5 piece, and get 2 of the 2.5 x 2.5 from <b>different</b> blocks (ex, if I'm making the yellow block, and have the yellow 2.5 x 4.5 piece, I take 1 orange and 1 pink 2.5 x 2.5 square)(and here I have to be careful to keep track of what goes where). I have NOT used the 2.5 x 2.5 yellow squares. One will be used in the green block, and 1 will be used in whatever is above the yellow block. Sew them together.

Then to the top and bottom, sew the 2 3.5 x 8.5 strips. Tada, puzzle block!

Originally Posted by ranger

Thanks Lucy.I really appreciate you taking the time to do this for those who were interested in the design. I was trying to give the measurements from memory and, as you know it was a complete snafu. Thanks again. You're the tops.



ranger