One of the Sunday Sew and Sews mentioned at our recent monthly meeting that she ran out of English Cream, one of the three background fabrics for the Cool Kit.
We turned to Month 1 where the instructions for cutting ALL the Block Corners are found. She cut the strips 10.5" x Width of Fabric (WOF) as directed. BUT she DID NOT cut those fabrics into rectangles, 10.5" x 13" as described in the instructions. She started tracing her Block Corner Template directly on the WOF and ran out--she could only get 5 Block Corners from the WOF, instead of the 6 she would have gotten from 3 rectangles, each cut 10.5" x 13". (NOTE: I found I could cut the strips 11" x WOF, 11" x 13" rectangles--this gives a little wiggle room when the block is done--I trimmed it to exactly 20.5" square when done. Be certain you keep the curve exactly the size on the Block Corner Template.)
Page 20 in the General Instructions clearly shows how the Block Corner Template is placed on the rectangles. I encourage everyone making this quilt to review the General Instructions from time to time. If you read them in January, before you started the quilt, things will make more sense now that you have been working on the blocks.
The same is true for the videos. Most are short and I watch them from time to time--each time I see something that is a good tip I might not have remembered. Becky has put so much into this quilt, do take advantage of her expertise. .
This quilt is like an advanced class in quiltmaking with a lot of Reference Material. It can't help us if we don't read it or watch the videos. And my Blog is intended to help too.
My friend had to go online to find a similar fabric so she could cut the Block Corner she needed. I hope this will prevent others from a similar fate.
When in Doubt, READ the Directions.