Give It a Whirl quilt
#1
![Default](/images/icons/icon1.gif)
I was in keepsake quilting and looked at kits. one was Give It A Whirl and came with a video. she started with ten inch pieces, placed two together and sewed all around the edges. then cut X across to make hst's. then she trimmed each hst to 6 1/2 inches. how did she get four 6 1/2 inch from ten inch cuts of fabric? must have been larger. i just can't see it if not. she then adds strips so each one is 8 1/2 and four together makes 16 inch blocks. anyone made this? OK< my lovely son said it's because the cuts are across the corners. makes each cut and sewn hst larger. my poor brain is going to bed. i know he's right but still, such a simple thing and it eluded me! nighty night
Last edited by nativetexan; 01-01-2017 at 06:46 PM.
#5
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Beautiful Wyoming
Posts: 374
![Default](/images/icons/icon1.gif)
It's because with TWO 10" pieces of fabric, the area is 200 square inches total fabric. The diagonal measurement of 10" square is 14" inches. That would leave you with four 7" squares after cutting both directions, then the seam allowances take up 1/2". That leaves you with four 6 1/2" HST's.
#6
Super Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Piedmont Virginia in the Foothills of the Blue Ridge Mtns.
Posts: 8,562
![Default](/images/icons/icon1.gif)
Yes, it's simple. The diagonal of a 10" square is about 14" so the outside edges of the HSTs would be more than 6".
BUT the reason I do not recommend this method for HSTs is because the resulting HSTs have bias edges along their outside edges, yuck!
Try cutting your basic squares at 10" -- or maybe even 10.5" -- draw a diagonal line in each direction and in half thru the middle both directions.
Sew 1/4" away from those two diagonal lines, on each side of them. Then cut on the drawn lines. Press and trim.
Jan in VA
BUT the reason I do not recommend this method for HSTs is because the resulting HSTs have bias edges along their outside edges, yuck!
Try cutting your basic squares at 10" -- or maybe even 10.5" -- draw a diagonal line in each direction and in half thru the middle both directions.
Sew 1/4" away from those two diagonal lines, on each side of them. Then cut on the drawn lines. Press and trim.
Jan in VA
#7
Super Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Piedmont Virginia in the Foothills of the Blue Ridge Mtns.
Posts: 8,562
![Default](/images/icons/icon1.gif)
CORRECTION!! Mistake in the drawn lines/cutting lines in the above comment:
Please disregard the vertical and horizontal lines -- do not draw or cut on these. The graphic was created for another purpose but can serve for this explanation if the lines thru the middle of the square are ignored.
Thanks! Sorry!
Jan in VA
Please disregard the vertical and horizontal lines -- do not draw or cut on these. The graphic was created for another purpose but can serve for this explanation if the lines thru the middle of the square are ignored.
Thanks! Sorry!
Jan in VA
#8
Power Poster
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 11,276
![Default](/images/icons/icon1.gif)
OK, here's the math. The diagonal measurement of a square is roughly 1.41 times the length. So the diagonal measurement of a 10" square is a bit over 14 inches. When you cut the X in the square you cut the diagonal in half, so each HST is 7" less the seam allowance.
But I'm with Jan. Even if I starch everything, I pull these bias pieces out of shape. Most people have no problems with them, however.
But I'm with Jan. Even if I starch everything, I pull these bias pieces out of shape. Most people have no problems with them, however.
#9
Super Member
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Anchorage, AK
Posts: 1,396
![Default](/images/icons/icon1.gif)
It's because with TWO 10" pieces of fabric, the area is 200 square inches total fabric. The diagonal measurement of 10" square is 14" inches. That would leave you with four 7" squares after cutting both directions, then the seam allowances take up 1/2". That leaves you with four 6 1/2" HST's.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Ps 150
Pictures
129
07-01-2022 08:33 AM