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Gayle, Love your bird version of the magic garden. Your stitching looks great. the beads on the edge
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Just lovely! I like your flowers too. They fill up the background nicely.
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When cutting HSTs and QSTs having the out side edges the same length is not quite long enough because the seam will be 1/4" from the edge.
The "quilter's rule" for making HSTs is to add 7/8" to the finished size of the block and to make QSTs add 1&1/4"
Because I don't always have the perfect 1/4" seam, that varies with thread and fabric I typically add 1/8"-1/4" extra and trim.
I have also purchased from The Quilt Show, show 1604, Patchwork Math Using Quilting Design Components by Lynn Wilder as a reference. My most used books.
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Originally posted by "williamskay" post=149120Can someone explain the math for adding half square triangles to our unfinished 6.5 blocks? I want to understand how Alex came up with 5 and 1/4 inches for the square to be cut diagonally.
Finished size of the block + .875 cut in half once on the diagonal—short side is straight of grain.
QST Math:
Finished size you need + 1.25”, cut in half twice on both diagonals—long side is straight of grain
More Quilters Math:
Here is how Alex calculated the 5.125 square she mentioned—she DREW it on paper actual size to see what size QST fit her 6” blocks. I use a calculator.
To figure out what size HST fits a 6” block, when you want the SHORT side to be straight of grain. This is ONLY for the OUTER triangles Alex wants on the outside edge of her quilt:
Divide 6”/1.4142 = 4.24268137... 4.25 is as close as you can get
Add .875” (7/8”) 4.25 + .875= 5.125” These 5.125” squares are cut in half ONCE on the diagonal.
All of the INTERIOR triangles on Alex’s quilt are QST so the LONG side is straight of grain, are cut 7.25”. 6+1.25=7.25
It is past time for me to write my QUILTERS MATH post, I will get on that today.
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"I am a part of all that I have met" A. Lord Tennyson
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Originally posted by "williamskay" post=149137Is there a reason to use quarter square triangles on the inside blocks rather than half square triangles?
She said if she had decided to add 4 triangles to each block and sew the quilt together as a straight set, those would have been HST and they would have been cut 5.125"
She works intuitively, figuring things out as she goes. We have the benefit of seeing her process. I am not making this quilt, but if I was, I would add HST to the blocks--cutting them 5.25" so they "float" just a little bit. But that's only because I can see what the quilt will look like. Plenty of times I made the hardest choice possible because I was 'thinking on the fly" as I developed the quilt, just like Alex does.
Hope this helps.
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"I am a part of all that I have met" A. Lord Tennyson
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Originally posted by "bbquiltmaker" post=149138Originally posted by "williamskay" post=149137Is there a reason to use quarter square triangles on the inside blocks rather than half square triangles?
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Carole, Your kona solids will make a beautiful quilt. Not sure if I am going to join in on this project
or not. If... -
Gayle, Love your bird version of the magic garden. Your stitching looks great. the beads on the edge
with the blanket... -
I'm not sure if I will add anymore embroidery....
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I finished my magic garden. This was not my usual colour palette and I am not fond of gnomes so I took creative license...
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Just lovely! I like your flowers too. They fill up the background nicely.
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Beatuiful choices of colors. Fun and whimsical. Nicely done!
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Really fun embroidery choices. It looks great!
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I LOVE the black additions to your piecing. They really attract attention and look great.
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I still have many fans to finish as I’m hand piecing the outside curve. My preference is appliqué and embroidery. For...
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Helen, Thank you so much for your ideas! You have great EQ8 skills! I have 2 Becky Goldsmith books that I have been using...
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Nice work ! Can I ask, did you use stem stitch on the bluebells ? Or have you whip stitched over a back stitch?
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Not a question, but wanted to share the Kona solids I picked out today for the summer version. Excited to start work on...
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