{"id":48951,"date":"2020-03-20T07:03:30","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T14:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=48951"},"modified":"2020-03-18T21:38:10","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T04:38:10","slug":"mini-charms-are-not-2-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/mini-charms-are-not-2-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Mini-Charms are NOT 2.5"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Traffic<\/a>
Traffic Pattern block #1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As you know, I have been working on the Traffic Jam pattern<\/a>. I am using Mini-Charms that have been laying around for awhile. One thing I know, but came to my attention again was that Mini-Charms are not 2.5 inches square. they are about<\/em> 2.5 inches square, but not exactly.<\/p>\n

I decided to ignore that fact on the first block and found that the 4.5 inch corner pieces didn’t fit. It should come as no surprise, but sometimes I need to see for myself. Sigh. Also, I often hope for a little magic. There was none to be found.<\/p>\n

After taking apart the parts of the block I had sewed, I decided to trim the 4 patches. This can be tricky, so I took pictures of what I did.<\/p>\n

\"Center<\/a>
Center Ruler over 4 Patch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

First, I centered the ruler over the 4 Patch block.<\/p>\n

I have the 4.5 x 8.5 inch Creative Grids ruler**<\/a>  that fits my hand very well. I use it all the time so I also know it very well. By focusing on the total size of the 4 patch(4.5 inches), I was able to find the center of the block on the ruler.<\/p>\n

You can see by looking at the 4.5 inch square that there are pinked edges outside of that line.<\/p>\n

\"Prepare<\/a>
Prepare to cut other 2 sides of block<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Next, I trimmed two sides and flipped the block around.<\/p>\n

In the picture on the left, you can see that I have trimmed all four sides of the 4 Patch and it is exactly 4.5 inches square.<\/p>\n

Also, I don’t have those pinked edges. This is now the perfect size and will fit with the 4.5 inch plain squares in the block above.<\/p>\n

\"Trimming<\/a>
Trimming mini-charms<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While I am on the subject, this concept applies to the single mini-charms as well.<\/p>\n

You can see that the mini-charm is not exactly 2.5 inches. It needs to be trimmed. I trim all of my extra mini charms, so I have fewer problems when I put donation blocks<\/a> together.<\/p>\n

Don’t assume your patches are the right size. Measure and trim as needed.<\/p>\n

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As you know, I have been working on the Traffic Jam pattern. I am using Mini-Charms that have been laying around for awhile. One thing I know, but came to my attention again was that Mini-Charms are not 2.5 inches square. they are about 2.5 inches square, but not exactly. I decided to ignore that … Continue reading “Mini-Charms are NOT 2.5”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[486],"tags":[353],"class_list":["post-48951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-486","tag-process"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48951\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}