Math never was my favorite subject. It requires lots of thinking for me, and makes my head hurt. For the quilt I am currently working on, I wanted two different sizes of an 8 pointed star. I tried drafting my own. Now, normally I am really good at drafting blocks by hand. With this one, not so much!
I finally resorted to finding a pattern online on the website of a quilter for whom I have a lot of respect and know personally. I won’t share her name here, though. So I found the pattern for the 8 pointed star on her site, in several different sizes. I chose the size I wanted, and made the block. I wanted a six-inch block. I ended up with a 4.5 inch block. SIGH. I took the pattern to a copy machine and increased it over and over in a variety of sizes, and took the stack of copies home. After much pondering, I chose the pattern that I was sure would give me six-inch block. Nope. When I made the block, it was 8 inches. MORE SIGHING. After several more tries, I finally hit on the right one. So now I have many different blocks in a variety of sizes but all in the fabrics from my quilt. It allowed me to see how the different color choices would look, so it wasn’t a total waste.
Please tell me I’m not the only person who does this?
No, you're not! Been there, done that….many times
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Trust me you are not alone ………… lol,
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forgive me for laughing as I read this…but I was laughing with you not at you….I have had the same difficulty before!
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Sorry I cheat… I use EQ and block base for most of my pieced blocks… never learned to hand draft and do not plan to do so now. I figure I spent a pretty penny on EQ7 and I spent a lot of time learning the program…. so I should use it.
This is my story and I am sticking to it.
Nonnie.
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I have to agree with Nonnie, I have EQ6 and if needed I'll use that. Since I'm mainly a pattern follower, I let the designers do the tough parts. 🙂
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