(new) Quilter's Cache blocks
03-02-2010, 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
Originally Posted by quiltlady37
Have any of you had trouble with the blocks coming out the size stated. I did a PP one last weekend. it was supposed to be 12" finished. It wasn't even 12 inches when I got it put together. I sewed on all of the lines so it should have come out correctly.
03-02-2010, 04:15 PM
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I've had similar experience with those pp blocks from QC. You really have to check how your printer prints. Even when set at 100%, some printers print about 1/32 to 1/16 inch smaller than the original, so your patterns will be off. Always measure the little checking square. It's not what you are doing, it's a function of the printer.
03-02-2010, 04:44 PM
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:( I have used the Quilter's Cache patterns and have had trouble with the size using the directions given for rotary cutting. Mine just barely come out to 12 1/2" and I use scant 1/4" seams. I don't have a clue what the printer would have to do with it. I've gone to cutting my stuff "the old fashioned" way and enlarging the measurements given on the patterns, i.e. 4 7/8" to 5". HTH Silvia
03-02-2010, 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by suzeq
:oops: I don't know what the printer has to do with it. If CUTTING
03-03-2010, 10:36 AM
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if your template is to measure correctly , the printer must print it out the size correctly too. one inch should be one inch.
printers can differ on how they print things out. it pays to check.
if a one inch line is given, print and measure. or if the template is to measure 6 inches, print and measure.
granted if you are just printing directions to cut, it's no problem.
printers can differ on how they print things out. it pays to check.
if a one inch line is given, print and measure. or if the template is to measure 6 inches, print and measure.
granted if you are just printing directions to cut, it's no problem.
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