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04-12-2011, 04:48 AM
#21
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Hi Patience! Haven't been to Belize in years. Are you working down there? Enjoy your quilting. From the response, it sounds like you've gotten all of the information you need. It's a great pattern. Have fun with it. Hope you have time to snorkel in between hst's!! Jan
04-12-2011, 05:13 AM
#22
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Welcome from Florida (winters) and New Hampsire. I remember being in your positon many years ago and by the way, I love the quilt you want to make.
I read that you used 5 inch Charms, which I think may have actually been 5 1/2 inches??? If they were then you need to make your small HSTs 1 2/3 inches plus the 1/2 inch seam allowance. Lot of math is needed when working this way but in the end it will be worth it.
If your Charms were 5 inches then you have another message early on for those measurements. Let us know and see what you do, please.
Good luck, Kutnso
I read that you used 5 inch Charms, which I think may have actually been 5 1/2 inches??? If they were then you need to make your small HSTs 1 2/3 inches plus the 1/2 inch seam allowance. Lot of math is needed when working this way but in the end it will be worth it.
If your Charms were 5 inches then you have another message early on for those measurements. Let us know and see what you do, please.
Good luck, Kutnso
04-12-2011, 05:32 AM
#24
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Location: Wisconsin
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Originally Posted by Grambi
Whan I'm trying to duplicate a pattern or quilt I've seen, I go to graph paper to sketch it out, assigning each block of the paper a specifit size (in inches). Then can deduce the size of the unkown piece of the block from that. I also love to use colored pencils to designate the different fabrics.
Good luck - you chose a beautiful quilt! :-D
04-12-2011, 05:43 AM
#25
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Location: Lake Wales, FL, USA
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Originally Posted by Pete
What is HST and PITA????
There is a list somewhere on the board of Quilter's Acronyms. If you search the board for acronyms--most should come up. Maybe not PITA, though.
04-12-2011, 06:48 AM
#29
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Originally Posted by BKrenning
If you have made a bunch of HST's with 5" squares you should now have a bunch of 4" finished size HST's--maybe 4 1/8" if you were really careful pressing, sewing and cutting. The little HST's are one third the size of the bigger ones which is going to be a very, very small little block. Unless you really like to work with tiny blocks I would also suggest that you use your 5" squares for the smaller HST's and use 13" squares for the larger HST's which will then finish at 12"--actually 12 1/8" but I always trim mine down as MTS also mentioned.
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