Setting Point - how to do ????

[Mpyles]

PM/GC Quilts Skill Builder Series: Part 9 ? Diamond in Square | Piecemeal Quilts

[Doloris]

Next cut four squares for the corners. The squares should measure half the finished block size plus 1/2″. So if you finished block is 6″, your squares should be cut at 3 1/2″ (half of 6 is 3, plus 1/2″ is 3 1/2″).

Thanks Mary. Method 2 is the way I was thinking. so for your 5" block your squares should be 3". half of 5 is 2.5 plus 1/2" = 3" squares.

[ldnanny3]

Are you making a square in a square, that is what it sounds like to me, if so search square in a square and you will see the the outside square had to be larger all the way around

[Helen McD]

Doloris - I'm gonna try and do this -

Auntiepiggylpn posted a link to a chart in this post - not sure I understand it a but one day the 'penny will drop'

Mpyles - gonna try this way also

Thank you all vet much

- and I'm gonna get help with posting picture. Xoxox

[lourixe]

You are snowballing corners to get a square in a square blocks. This is what happens:
The black lines are for your 5" square, the blue lines for the finished block, 4 1/2". The red lines are for the snowballed corners. If you were using 2 1/2" like in the first drawing, once you sew the blocks together you lost the points, hidden in the seam allowance.
As other forum members said before, these corners must overlap: you must start with corner squares that measure half the side of your block, plus 1/2", like I represented in the second drawing. I hope this drawings have helped.

[Auntpiggylpn]

You are snowballing corners to get a square in a square blocks. This is what happens:
The black lines are for your 5" square, the blue lines for the finished block, 4 1/2". The red lines are for the snowballed corners. If you were using 2 1/2" like in the first drawing, once you sew the blocks together you lost the points, hidden in the seam allowance.
As other forum members said before, these corners must overlap: you must start with corner squares that measure half the side of your block, plus 1/2", like I represented in the second drawing. I hope this drawings have helped.

I think you have a winner here!!!!

[Helen McD]

If I were to cut these in half - would I get flying geese ?

I'm sitting here trying to get flying geese a I'm u-tubing different tutorials, but can't seem to get the points on the sides to come in the quarter inch - I can get the top but not the sides.

I'm gonna go the snowball version and see what I get

Helen

[Helen McD]

These are just testers

[Mina Jane]

Lourixe - your visual really helped me. I haven't worked on one like this yet so I was reading through the thread hoping to learn something and that really put it into perspective. Thank you.

Helen McD - I hope it works out well for you.

[Cat n bull]

You guys with the links and illustrations ROCK!!

Thanks for the awesome info!