CW squares
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CW squares
I have about a half a ton of 3 inch squares. My goal has always been to make a CW, and I already have a head start. Most patterns I have seen say to start with a 9 1/2 square of background, and a 2 1/2 in square for the "window". I really don't want to go back and recut all those squares, and I am mathematically challenged. What size background squares would I need to accommodate my 3 inch squares?
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This tutorial uses 3" feature squares:
http://april-makingendsmeet.blogspot...-tutorial.html
Looks like she starts with 10" squares.
http://april-makingendsmeet.blogspot...-tutorial.html
Looks like she starts with 10" squares.
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I think four 3" squares would made a row 10 1/2" long. Each 3" square loses 1/2" in the seam, but the outside seam is still there. The finished size of the little squares would be 2 1/2". The finished size of the big square would be 10".
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This tutorial uses 3" feature squares:
http://april-makingendsmeet.blogspot...-tutorial.html
Looks like she starts with 10" squares.
http://april-makingendsmeet.blogspot...-tutorial.html
Looks like she starts with 10" squares.
One person's comment at the end of the tutorial wondered how hard it would be to sew all the blocks together and then get the featured fabric into the middle section of the quilt sewn in. She wondered about doing the quilt in strips with the featured fabric in place already and then sewing the strips together. Does anyone have any ideas if this would work well? I can see her point on how difficult it would be if you are planning to machine sew the curved pieces down.
What do you think?
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In piecing perhaps, but in CW that window (whatever size one makes it) has to have the correct size square in its "window" to look right. It's not a quilt police rule, just a rule of that particular design...
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