Round down if it’s a fraction:ĭesired finished quilt length divided by finished size of block equals how many rows. That would require you to make 8 rows of 7 blocks, or 56 blocks.ĭesired finished quilt width divided by finished size of block equals how many blocks in a row. 92” divided by a 12” finished block equals 7 point something and 96″ divided by 12 equals 8. So, let’s say you want to do a queen-sized quilt but you don’t want to be fiddly and end up in a padded room before it’s all done. If you want a queen-sized quilt (92×96”) – do you want to make it from 3” blocks? That would be 960 blocks – that’s what we mean by FIDDLY! Tip #1 How To Choose What Size Of Block To Make, and How Manyįirst, decide what size of project you want to make and how ‘fiddly’ you want to get with the blocks. When the block is completed, all of the outer edges will be on the bias, and nobody has fun with that! Go to Other Tips for a recipe for Quilter’s Moonshine (homemade spray starch) and other ideas. Starch your fabric very well BEFORE you cut the squares. If you’re not into the math of it all, you can click HERE to go to Pressing Tips or HERE to go to Other Tips. This post is about choosing what size block you want to make. We have TEN tips to help you be super-successful when making these blocks. Make as many or as few blocks as you wish, but do try to make at least one to try out this clever and impressive technique! On the 28th, the information was posted to our Facebook page. Members should have received a link to the pattern and the Alternate Sizes worksheet in their email on May 27. Just buy one and you'll see how superior they are.Our group activity, Anita’s Arrowheads, is a GO! The rulers are kind of expensive but I would never buy any other brand now. That way you can get exactly what you want and see how to use it. Now if you have the time go on the CG website, they have so MANY rulers you will not believe it but the cool thing is they made short two minute-ish videos demonstrating just about all of them (you have to pull the vids up one at a time, they are listed with each ruler). I have one bright yellow M ruler, I think 2.5 x8, good if you use a lot of precuts like I do, but it is more slippy than CG. The square rulers are great for squaring up. My most used are 12.5 inch square, 6x24 for cutting folded yardage, and 6.5 inch square. I love them because two sides are marked at even numbers and two sides of every ruler are marked at half inch increments, and have grippy things on the back and never slip. I have a box full of rulers that I don't even use! Once I bought a Creative Grids ruler there was no going back for me. Black and white lines so I can see them on any color fabric.īe sure the fabric is "on" the line and not up to the line on the ruler. The last time I used the triangle shaped ruler and trimmed the unit using the seam line, it was off a little. I want to see the fabric edge on a line and not the ruler edge. EX: If I'm cutting a 5 inch strip, I use the 6.5 inch wide ruler to overlap the fabric edge and not a 5 inch wide ruler. Always pause and make sure you are on the one inch side in the top right corner of the ruler for square up.įor strip cutting, I like the 6.5 x 25.5 ruler and like to have over lap the fabric. Flipped to the other side and it marked at 1/2 inch. Most of my rulers start with the one inch marks on one side. It works better if the ruler is about 2 inches bigger than the square unit. With the HST opened, the diagonal line goes through the seam line and each side trimmed accordingly. I like to use a square ruler with the diagonal line when trimming HST.
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