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#1
Many years ago. I participated in some online block swaps.
They were both made with Moda Marbles black and bright colors; one was for 4 1/2" HST's and the other was for 4 1/2" 4 patch blocks.
After seeing Danmar's Northern lights quilt, I thought this would be a wonderful pattern to follow using these blocks.
I got them out the other night and started laying them out on the floor. I counted the HST's and I had 191. I probably have the same amount of 4 patch blocks. By my calculations, it takes 2 HST's and 2 4-patch blocks to make one larger block for the quilt.
Problem...... they are all not 4 1/2" blocks. Some are slightly larger, not a problem. I can trim them down to 4 1/2".
The big problem is that some of them are slightly smaller than 4 1/2".
I've already trimmed about 45 of the HST's to the correct size and put aside about 12 that are too small.
My question is, do you think I should trim them all down to the same size, which would be 4 1/4". That would make them actually 3 3/4" finished. Or should I just keep going with trimming them down to 4 1/2" and see how many I won't be able to use.
FYI - I figured that I would be able to make the quilt 8 completed blocks wide by 10 blocks long.
They were both made with Moda Marbles black and bright colors; one was for 4 1/2" HST's and the other was for 4 1/2" 4 patch blocks.
After seeing Danmar's Northern lights quilt, I thought this would be a wonderful pattern to follow using these blocks.
I got them out the other night and started laying them out on the floor. I counted the HST's and I had 191. I probably have the same amount of 4 patch blocks. By my calculations, it takes 2 HST's and 2 4-patch blocks to make one larger block for the quilt.
Problem...... they are all not 4 1/2" blocks. Some are slightly larger, not a problem. I can trim them down to 4 1/2".
The big problem is that some of them are slightly smaller than 4 1/2".
I've already trimmed about 45 of the HST's to the correct size and put aside about 12 that are too small.
My question is, do you think I should trim them all down to the same size, which would be 4 1/4". That would make them actually 3 3/4" finished. Or should I just keep going with trimming them down to 4 1/2" and see how many I won't be able to use.
FYI - I figured that I would be able to make the quilt 8 completed blocks wide by 10 blocks long.
#5
When I have done a quilt with pieces or blocks that were too small, if they were just a little too small, I'd use them anyway. Like if they were off by 1/8" I'd mark one edge with a pin, then when I was ready to sew that seam, I'd pin it to the next piece with the edge just "off" from the other piece. As long as you have at least 1/8" of fabric in the seam, it will be fine. Or if you have more than you need, cut them to 4 1/2" and set the small ones aside for another project, either a small wall hanging or pillow.
#6
Originally Posted by littlehud
I would trim them all the same size. But only if you're sure you will be using all of them.
I'm just trying to figure out if I should do the 4 1/2" trim now, with the possibility of having to go back and re-trim everything again, or just do the final trim now.......decisions, decisions, decisions :roll:
#8
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I recently did a quilt top and trimmed down to the smallest -- not a problem really, other than at the end when calculating borders and final size, it seemed harder because the block size was odd....it worked out fine in the end but not a side-effect I had thought about.....
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