HST question
03-06-2016, 04:17 PM
#11
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I don't like to correct someone else, but I think you should start with a 7 inch square and trim to 6 1/2 inches to give you a 6 inch finished square. I sure don't want you to end up with the wrong size. I think the rule is to cut your fabric 1 inch bigger than your finished square. The amount that you trim off will be very little, just enough to square up.
Thanks yadroc for pointing that out.
03-06-2016, 05:53 PM
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I use the 6" finished HST Go die. I use the Block Loc ruler to trim. No matter if the cuts are all the same, all of my sewn HST do not sew up exactly the same. That's the way it happens for me.
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03-06-2016, 06:02 PM
#13
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me too!
I thought I was the only one this happened to. I have the Easy Angle ruler, I put up a seam guide - and still - Wonky HST's!!!
03-06-2016, 06:18 PM
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Throw me on this pile! Lol! I try so hard, still get wonky so I always sew big and trim down. I just wish that pattern writers would stop with the 7/8 th business. Makes me have to stop and think what size is really needed.
03-06-2016, 09:04 PM
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Lol... I think we bought the same kit! Hedge Maze quilt with Rowan fabrics? It's so beautiful.... I cut mine out already and had no problem with the 6 7/8" measurements, but it would be fine for you to cut at 7" and trim later. There's plenty of each fabric for you to cut 7" squares. Just don't go any bigger! I had leftovers of every fabric. Sometimes just a strip, but from most of it I had big pieces leftover.
Last edited by quiltingbuddy; 03-06-2016 at 09:09 PM. Reason: spelling error, that drives me crazy.
03-07-2016, 05:27 AM
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Remeber measure twice, cut once....... I had to work hours to figure ways to cut pieces for a craftsy Kaffe Fassett quilt kit.....becuase there was not enough fabric to cut the number of pieces needed out of one of the fabric cuts..had to turn the grain...theN I had to fudge on quarter inch for one small piece. I had 1/16 sliver of fabric left after cutting 30 pieces. Craftsy is wonderful at sending more fabric, but they were out of the two i needed.....SO MEASURE AND COUNT your pieces to the fabric cuts you have, before cutting.
03-07-2016, 07:22 AM
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I have a Creative Grids ruler that is marked in 7/8. It sure is a time saver. http://www.creativegridsusa.com/products/CGR78
03-07-2016, 03:40 PM
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Years ago when Thimbleberries was all the rage, fabrics, patterns, clubs, etc., I bought a Creative Grids ruler that has the 7/8" marks. Lynette Jensen, Thimbleberries creator, used 7/8" in all her patterns. Well, Thimbleberries is no longer popular and I still have that ruler. It is in the tote with all the "specialty" rulers I just had to have! I also have yards and yards of Thimbleberries fabric in my stash. I loved it at the time.
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