Block Sizes
09-27-2011, 03:21 AM
#23
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Originally Posted by gollytwo
The size of my block depends on the content.
Lots of pieces in a block can support a larger block.
Too few and it doesn't look good.
For instance: a 4-patch would look best as a 4" finished, could go to 6" finished - wouldn't look good any larger
I rarely make a block larger that 9" finished.
My Burgoyne Surrounded (which has more pieces than I care to remember) is a 17" block.
Lots of pieces in a block can support a larger block.
Too few and it doesn't look good.
For instance: a 4-patch would look best as a 4" finished, could go to 6" finished - wouldn't look good any larger
I rarely make a block larger that 9" finished.
My Burgoyne Surrounded (which has more pieces than I care to remember) is a 17" block.
09-27-2011, 03:37 AM
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You can make blocks any size you want...would depend on the quilt you are making, look you want, maybe fabric you have...how many blocks you need for your quilt...I like 8-10" blocks the best...but have made many 12" blocks, 15" blocks...not really any bigger than that but I know I can if I want to.
09-27-2011, 04:14 AM
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My Baltimore BOM's are 18" blocks (the first one had 81 pieces!!!) And I have been seriously thinking of enlarging it for a ceterpiece of a table topper.
I guess you could say that a whole-cloth quilt is one big block. Your quilt--your rules.
I guess you could say that a whole-cloth quilt is one big block. Your quilt--your rules.
09-27-2011, 04:53 AM
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Originally Posted by phyllis
12.5 unfinished size is what most want if you do charity
or swap blocks. quilts of valor or anything yhat will be
worked on by anyone else. I try and keep to that size for
my donations.
or swap blocks. quilts of valor or anything yhat will be
worked on by anyone else. I try and keep to that size for
my donations.
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