After I appliqued all these fish I wanted to trim the backgrounds so that the block was 12 1/2” square...since these are set with pieced blocks. I thought the best way to do this would be to cut out a fish and center it in my 12 1/2” ruler.
That way I could put the fish pattern over the fish.
And trim.
Hope that helps. When we get ready to trim our Miss Kringle blocks for the Jingle BOM I have a slick way to trim bigger blocks that I will show you!
Love it!
Posted by: Debbie | 09/26/2013 at 08:22 AM
Oh, thank you! That *is* clever.
Posted by: Lynette | 09/26/2013 at 09:03 AM
That's genius! Can't wait to use your clever idea to trim our Jingle blocks. We learn so much from you! Thank you yet again.
Posted by: Polly Hada | 09/26/2013 at 04:19 PM
What a great idea, I always struggle to do this!
Posted by: Pauline | 09/26/2013 at 04:46 PM
Such an easy visual way to accurately square up and trim. Thanks!
Posted by: Jill at I Rather Quilt | 09/26/2013 at 06:37 PM
You are amazing Erin. Your pictures are so good......and helpful!
Posted by: Ashley Slupe | 09/26/2013 at 08:28 PM
I love your fish blocks. They are so tropical looking. The bright blue background is perfect.
Posted by: kathyd | 09/27/2013 at 06:37 AM