If you were making a small quilt and embroidering a 5x7 design on the blocks - how large would you make the blocks? I want to do the Stella 12 days before Christmas blocks from Watts emb. I would them put sashing(is that the right name for it)in between the blocks.
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i do mine 25cm x 15cm, join with 3cm strips (just the width of my ruler makes it easy to measure.
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12506Hi,
My starching helps so much to save on fabric.
I always design a basting square and center the design, use that to guide for the final cutting.
I alter the size of many designs so they fill the squared basting size, either bigger or smaller.
Happy Quilting!
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360641Thank you ladies. Flowers given to all of you. If will do more looking at the blocks to see if I can find out the true size of the designs. Thank you.
13250I would cut mine so I would have at least 1 1/2 inches on top and bottom of my designs...starting with the largest of the set...the rest would be cut the same size as that block....I like at least 1 in or more on my blocks from the biggest point of my design to the seam of my blocks
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34246I like a bit of background around my designs so I would go with an 10" block that would cut down to 9 - 9 1/4 or maybe smaller. That is for a true 57 design. If smaller - go smaller, however remember you want to have a little extra for staightening the block. Then figure how many blocks with sashing to get to the size quilt you want. I think I may figure backwards. Living Laughing Downloading and Stitching
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173692That depends on how long and how wide you want your quilt. Take the width and divide how many block you want to make across (say 4 blocks 2 plain and 2 pattern. so take the width divided by 4 and that will give you size of block. Now if you want a sashing in between you will have to take that away from the total block. Same for length. I always make my block about 8 inches with a 1 1/2 to 2 inch sash.
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