Can you help me? I need to find the length of the strips
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I made a quilt for my daughter in law and I think it was called "Pretty in Pastels but I am not positive that was the pattern name. Now my grandson wants that pattern (different fabrics of course) and I cannot find it. It was super easy 2 1/2 inch strips but I am not sure how long to cut the pieces.
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I would say cut the strip 10.5" long.
If you sew five 2.5" strips together, they will end up a finished width of 10". Add .5" to that for the seam allowance, and you will end up with a 10.5" unfinished square.
Edit: Kathy's right. I would just sew 5 strips together, iron, measure how wide they are, and then cut the strip set in that length. Super accurate!
If you sew five 2.5" strips together, they will end up a finished width of 10". Add .5" to that for the seam allowance, and you will end up with a 10.5" unfinished square.
Edit: Kathy's right. I would just sew 5 strips together, iron, measure how wide they are, and then cut the strip set in that length. Super accurate!
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Looks like a "Rail Fence" pattern. If your strips were 2 1/2" wide then your length is probably 10.5 inches. You want your squares to be square so whatever the width of your 5 strips sewn together comes to, that would be the length that you cut each "square"
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