Advice on resizing the “stripes” block?

Advice on resizing the “stripes” block?

I have a lovely jelly roll I got from Tuesday Morning and a nice coordinating batik that I realized would be beautiful made with the December block.  The strips are 2.5 inches and I don’t want to cut them down. By my calculations this gives me a block that finishes with a 12 inch finished height (12.5 unfinished). I suck at figuring out proportions, so would welcome suggestions on what width to cut. It seems like it should be 9.5  for a...

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Basket Blocks mailed to Laura

Sorry that I was so very late.  I carried the envelope around for 10 days! One of my few NY’s resolutions is to get the BL blocks out during the two week time frame Sophie suggests. Sorry also to spam the blog with so many messages. You may have guessed that I’m trying to be in better Block Lotto shape for 2014!

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Two duds

Two duds

Here are two oak blocks that didn’t work because they weren’t batiks.   I will have a couple more as I clean up my work space today. This is a terrific...

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2 Baskets

2 Baskets

I thought hand sewing the handles would be the hard part. It turns out finding time to finish was the bigger challenge. My family has Thanksgiving dinner (30-40) people, then another dinner on Friday, so I may not complete the baskets that go with remaining handles. Hope everyone’s Thanksgiving was...

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Might have gone wrong on oak leaf

Might have gone wrong on oak leaf

I think I misread the directions (or didn’t look closely enough at the pictures) and used batik and batik-like fabrics. If they need to be true batik, then I had one (the green). If batik-effect is OK, then three. For some reason, I was having trouble with these blocks, but that’s more my state of mind than the pattern, which is lovely. I also tried to make one of the pieced ones just to get a bit more HST...

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Stars headed west

On Tuesday, I put star blocks for Cathy and Linda in the Post Office. I’m really sorry for not doing it sooner. Back to school with Boomerette coincided with complicated family matters. I put in a little something by way of apology.

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Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood 5/4 blocks

Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood 5/4 blocks

Here are my five (or four) blocks. When I read the instructions, I thought it said we could use the same figures as long as the houses were different. If that’s not the case, then I have 4 blocks and 1 to donate?  I didn’t think I would like these, but they turned out to be surprisingly fun. Another hit...

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