Variegated Sedge in a pot on my balcony |
Do you remember I showed a photo last week of the kaleidoscope block in red, that turned out the wrong size.
6.5" finished size |
6" finished size |
Highly unscientific mathematics now:
What I did know was that:
6 1/2" is 1/13" larger that 6"
1/10 = 10%
1/20 = 5%
Therefore
1/13 = somewhere in between (highly scientific!!) but closer to 10% than 5%. Let's try 8%.
So I set the photocopier to -8%. Bingo! The sewing line on the outside of the newly printed block is exactly 6".
If you try doing this
BEWARE: the distance between the sewing line and the cutting line is NO LONGER 1/4 ".The difference is negligible but just to be safe I cut the pattern out using ruler and rotary cutter (old blade) and adding 1/4" outside the sewing line.
I'd like to thank those of you who commiserated, and offered suggestions for possible uses for the oversized block. I was toying with the idea of making my own design following the design-your-own-quilt tutorial by Sarah Schraw at Sew Mama Sew(again!) and this will be the basis of my first block. All orphan blocks now go into their own box to be incorporated into my design. I had too much going on when the Quilt Along started in April, but I've taken pencil to graph paper and have made a start. I shan't be relying on orphans, but will be making most of the blocks deliberately to fit into the design. The next large project has announced itself!
After all this powerful maths I didn't get round even to looking out green fabric, let alone making any blocks.
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Happy sewing
Marly.
9 comments:
Kudos to you for following through with correcting your problem block! Mine still sits, but I will probably re-make it to the correct size when I assemble my challenge quilt blocks.
Your idea of the shot of sedge for your green is so good!!!
Kaleidoscope block is such a versatile block and your reds look so good.
I drafted my block on grid paper so didn't have to worry about the math. Lovely variegated sedge.
Great Block!
Wow - I still have a red sampler block that needs a redo or remake! Great idea with the orphan blocks. Looking forward to seeing how it evolves.
I laughed because if I loved the block as much as I do this one, I would have remade it to fit in the quilt too!!
I just had a look back through your post.. I'm loving the rainbow quilt in different blocks ...it is really coming along. Red and white is always a favorite
I love this block and your colours are great.
"Scientific" math is not my favourite subject. I'll enjoy trying your "highly unscientific" math, the next time I need to adjust a block, which for me shouldn't be too long.
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