OBW turned Kaleidoscope
08-01-2011, 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by JMZquilts
It is really fantastic! I'm about to try some kaleidoscopes. Do you have any idea of how much material was needed to fussy cut into the kaleidoscopes? How wide did you make each?
My finished blocks are 12". I just cut 6 1/2" strips, making sure that the patterns lined up. The fabric had a 13" repeat on it, so I cut 2 strips to start off with. Then I had to trim a bit off and re-aline the fabrics so I got the same cuts. I did this for 8 strips of each design. Then I cut out the triangles as you would normally do. Some of the patterns I got this way were not what I would have done if I had done the fussy cutting but all in all they weren't that bad so I was ok with them.
The fabric that I used could have been done with much more interesting patterns if I had done them the fussy cut way but I was not sure I had enough fabric to do that. I don't know how to calculate the fabric for doing it either but I'm sure someone here on the board should know.
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