almostfree

I know there are no stupid questions, right? (My teacher voice keeps telling me that.) However, if I wanted to make a pattern twice the size that is listed in the instructions, do I simply double everything and assume it will come out? Or are there other mathematical things that will come into play? Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.

Kat Sews

To double the pieces first subtract the seam allowance, then double the size and add the seam allowance back on.

EvelynJ

Great question. And Kat Sews thank you for such a logical answer. Almost to easy of an answer, I would never have thought of removing the seam allowance.

QM

Kat is right, but remember that something which is 2x as large in 2 directions, is really 4x as large if you are looking at the fabric requirements (sometimes more, if things "hit" wrong on fabric widths. Enlarging is a fine way to go. Some of us use a single supersized block for a baby or lap quilt. If you are having specific problems figuring out fabric requirements, several of us on the site are more than able to calculate it for you, let us help if you need it.

Sunnye

You can always go to http.//victorianaquiltdesigns.com
They have great, free, charts on different topics, including enlarging a pattern.

Holice

Depending on the design I would enlarge it on graph paper. Copy machines don't always enlatge correctly.

jaciqltznok

I so love my EQ! NO more math!

almostfree

Thanks to all of you for the advice. I didn't think about 4x the fabric!

dunster

Finished size will be twice as big, but that doesn't go for cutting instructions. If you're using HST's, QST's, strips, etc. the seam allowances for the finished cut are already built in, and they're not always 1/2".

I'm not completely clear whether you mean that you want to make each block twice as big, or whether you want to make the quilt bigger by making more blocks? Also not sure what you mean by twice as big - to cover twice as much area, or to be twice as big in both length and width (which covers 4 times the original area).

lvaughan

OK, I'm going to jump in here with my question that has been baffling me for the last several days. LOL, hate to admit that! I want to enlarge the paper-pieced pattern, A Circle of Geese, http://piecebynumber.com/circleofgeese.htm
I would like to make it 24". How would I go about that? Do I need to cut the pieces apart and enlarge them individually? If I cut them apart and put them on the scanner and printed them would I need 200%? I know, I should know this!

Thanks,
Linda