I have a pattern for a 9" flower basket block, with four sets of "spikes" up each side, and a different pattern for a 10" flower basket block with three sets of "spikes" up each side. What I need is a pattern for a 12" flower basket block with four sets of "spikes" up each side. Why does every quit I do require so much math? Does anyone know where I can get the 12" pattern, and save my brain and calculator?
Trixie
Trixie, some of us are going to need help with the word 'spike'. Comes to mind: cool teenager with stiff hair style, the supporting posts of a wrought iron fence and/or something bad to step on. Help us. Polly
much the same as i was thinking, Polly, lol. i pix might help us Trixie. jeanne
If I could see a picture of the 9" block you want to make 12" then I would do the math for you.
As it is, you are on your own.
It's really very simple to redraft a pattern. You can do it! Really, don't let the word "math" freak you out.
If you know how to break the block down into a grid, then you can easily divide 12" by the grid number to see what size each segment should be. There's a nice explanation on this website:
I understand how simple it is, but when I start reading stuff like "divide by the grid number" I'm lost. Do you count the lines or the spaces? If the lines, does it include the beginning and ending or the ones in the middle? And if it's the spaces, what if there's a part of one? I hate the stuff and it's the thing that makes me fear I will never be a truly skilled quilter. You guys who get this.....I'm green with envy and I think you're really smart.
Sunny
Marcella Peek wrote:
Grids are based on spaces.... as in a nine patch is a 3 x 3 grid.
So if the basic block is built on a 3 x 3 grid and your dimensions are for a 9" block... to make a
12 inch block... the math would be to increase each block by 1/3 -- so instead of 3" sections... you would have 4" sections.It really is simple after you've done it a few times. At least for most standard sized blocks.
Kate in MI
enlarging the straight line patterns is easy.
draw the size block you want on a bit of paper - to scale so if you want a
12 inch block draw a 2 inch block. look at the wrong sized block: if it's a nine patch or a 4 patch? draw those squares onto the paper (for a 4 patch draw both halfway lines top to bottom and left to right, for a 9 patch make 3 squares along and 3 down) where do the lines start and finish? if they start halfway along a square then measure the halfway mark in your drawn block and make a dot where it starts and do the same for where the line finishes. then join the dots. make sure you do all the lines and hey presto! you have your block enlarged!to make the block measure the pieces you have drawn and add 1/4 inch to each side for seam allowance
see no maths is involved!
This isn't the exact pattern I have, but close enough. The "spikes" are the pink parts on the top (made from two half-square triangles sewn together, I think):
I think I will try the grid, though, as this isn't a complicated pattern (only straight-line). Thanks for the suggestion.
Trixie
Trixie: This is doable, but is a challenge! If you look at some common 'basket type' blocks, you will see they are based on a grid. From Quilters Cache: Here is one for 10" block
Trixie wrote:
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