Oops - QuiltnNan is correct - add 7/8", not 3/4" to your desired HST size. (The link I put in has it right - I was just working too fast when I typed up the info.) Thank you for catching that, QuiltnNan!
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Originally Posted by sewbizgirl
(Post 7999469)
Or you can cut 3" strips and then cut your triangles from the strips using the Easy Angle ruler. It's the method I use and is very accurate. I rarely trim anything off.
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Love the pattern. I can see it with the squares being 5", so I'd cut my squares at 5 1/2" and my HST blocks at 6 1/2' and trim them slightly. I don't like 7/8" measurements.
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Rule of thumb is that you add 7/8" but I always add 1" (or a little larger). That way you have a little extra to play with when squaring up your blocks. Good luck
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You have enough of the same hst's to use the magic 8 method. There are 8 blue/green hst's in the block and 16 blue/gold. This method is accurate and fast since you're working in multiples. Plus there is a formula for making any size hst. I made a top similar to yours called square pants and I made the hst's one at a time. I am still burned out on hst's. If I need more than 8 in a quilt, and most do, I use this method. For me it's the only way to go. I do the same for flying geese (no waste method).
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Originally Posted by QuiltnNan
(Post 7999413)
sorry, platyhiker, but one should add 7/8" to the finished size. however, I add an inch and then square/trim them up to the desired size.
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Love this pattern, I need to make one
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Originally Posted by Jaiade
(Post 7999951)
You have enough of the same hst's to use the magic 8 method. There are 8 blue/green hst's in the block and 16 blue/gold. This method is accurate and fast since you're working in multiples. Plus there is a formula for making any size hst. I made a top similar to yours called square pants and I made the hst's one at a time. I am still burned out on hst's. If I need more than 8 in a quilt, and most do, I use this method. For me it's the only way to go. I do the same for flying geese (no waste method).
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Originally Posted by sewbizgirl
(Post 7999469)
Or you can cut 3" strips and then cut your triangles from the strips using the Easy Angle ruler. It's the method I use and is very accurate. I rarely trim anything off.
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Originally Posted by NanaCsews2
(Post 7999424)
I would simplify everything and cut the "solid" squares 3 1/2", and for the HST's cut them to measure 4 1/2". Sew the HST's, and trim down to 3 1/2, as your solid squares would be. All squares would then sew out to be a finished 3" size.
Do not cut three inch strips. All the HSTs need to be one inch larger. If you want to start with strips, cut some three and one half, and the others four and one half. |
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