Having been given a jelly roll and a quilting book for Christmas 2010, there is no excuse not to get on with quiltmaking.

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Sunday 28 July 2013

Aren't Quilters Nice?

Having decided on the pattern for Godmother's Niece's quilt from QuiltSue's excellent book 'Pick Four', and the fabrics I want to use, all I have to do is make sure I can re-size the pattern in order to ensure that the quilt will sit nicely on a single bed.

Here's where it pays to be in with the Author!  I need the blocks to be a finished size of 10" and not 12", and QuiltSue has kindly done all the tricky re-jigging and emailed me the cutting list for the revised block size.  How brilliant it that!

She suggested I make a trial block using the revised instructions just to make sure that the heat hadn't fried her brain (her words not mine!), and so this evening I grabbed some scraps and gave it a whirl.  She's done one too - if you ask her nicely, she might show it to you.

Here we have it - this is a finished 10" as requested.  The fabrics jar like mad, but I'm only making sure the sizing/cutting/instructions are good, so that's ok.

And before anyone calls the Points Police, I am aware that the last seam putting the two block halves together is well out of kilter, but I'd exceeded my concentration limit!

This all works though, so thank you, Sue, I can get cutting with confidence!

8 comments:

  1. It pays to have friends in High places, doesn't it? Sue was very kind (always is) to do the math for you!

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    1. It certainly does, Sunny! I soon realised that although resizing the block myself was *technically* possible, it would have been a heck of a slog!

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  2. What a great block, all sized up and ready to go. So sweet of Sue to write it for you with different dimensions. She's a classy lady!

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    1. I didn't know if I'd be a bit of a pain to Sue if I'd have asked her to resize, but in the event, she offered anyway - bravo, Sue!

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  3. So glad I got it right for you. Now have fun making it and we'll enjoy following on with you.

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    1. True, you do now get to see the step by step of watching me put it together! Deja vu for you, I think!

      And I know that it being one of yours that the instructions will be clear!

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  4. Good on Sue. I think we all appreciate her good work and now you can get on with it.

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    1. Absolutely, Sue - I should cut all the block pieces first, but in truth, I just want to see the first one come together to make sure my fabric choices work!

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