4 patch
#1
4 patch
a long while ago I goofed (nothing new) I wanted to cut 21/2 inch strips by wof well! I thought I was doing so well until I realized that I was using the wrong side of the ruler I didn't have the pink 1/2 inch side lined up so instead I cut 2 inches I just came across them I like to make them into 4 patch blocks I know they will be 31/2 and finish at 3 inch so I sewed 2 strips together 1/4 inch seam pressed to one side now I want to sub cut the strip now this is where I'm confused......what size should I sub cut them? so I can put them together into a 4 patch I should have cut them all 2x2 to begin with then made the 4 patch, but thought I ask here first before I get my seam ripper out.....thanks
#2
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Cut them two-inches wide - (this is assuming that your two strip unit is now 3-1/2 inches wide) - the same width as your original strips.
After they are sewn together, the four-patch unit should be 3-1/2 ix 3-1/2 inches.
After they are sewn together, the four-patch unit should be 3-1/2 ix 3-1/2 inches.
#4
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Location: Piedmont Virginia in the Foothills of the Blue Ridge Mtns.
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You subcut the same width as you cut the strips for each color......because "a square has 4 equal sides".
Or in other words, if you cut one side of a square (the strips) at 'such & such' a width, then you have to cut the other sides of a square (the subcut) at 'such & such' a width.
Jan in VA
Or in other words, if you cut one side of a square (the strips) at 'such & such' a width, then you have to cut the other sides of a square (the subcut) at 'such & such' a width.
Jan in VA
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a long while ago I goofed (nothing new) I wanted to cut 21/2 inch strips by wof well! I thought I was doing so well until I realized that I was using the wrong side of the ruler I didn't have the pink 1/2 inch side lined up so instead I cut 2 inches I just came across them I like to make them into 4 patch blocks I know they will be 31/2 and finish at 3 inch so I sewed 2 strips together 1/4 inch seam pressed to one side now I want to sub cut the strip now this is where I'm confused......what size should I sub cut them? so I can put them together into a 4 patch I should have cut them all 2x2 to begin with then made the 4 patch, but thought I ask here first before I get my seam ripper out.....thanks
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