Enlarging/Reducing Patterns, a mini tutorial

If you are like me, at some point in time you'll have to resize a block or an applique design to make it fit what you need.   The table below will help you to figure out how to do that.

To use this table:

Locate your current block size down the left hand column and then across the top find the size that you want your new block to be. Follow the column down and the row across till they meet and this will give you the amount you either need to enlarge or reduce your original pattern. The table below gives the percentage that you need to enlarge/reduce your pattern. C u r r e n t B l o c k S i z e 1" 2" 3" 4" 5" 6" 7" 8" 9" 10" 11" 12" 1" 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 1200 2" 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 3" 33 88 100 133 188 200 233 288 300 333 388 400 4" 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300 5" 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 240 6" 17 33 50 67 83 100 117 133 150 167 183 200 7" 14 28 43 52 71 88 100 114 128 143 152 171 8" 12 25 37 50 62 75 87 100 112 125 137 150 9" 11 22 33 44 55 66 77 88 100 111 122 133 10" 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 11" 9 18 27 36 45 54 63 72 81 90 100 109 12" 8 17 25 34 42 50 59 67 78 84 93 100 13" 8 15 23 31 38 46 54 62 77 85 92 100 14" 7 14 21 29 36 43 50 57 64 71 79 86 15" 7 13 20 27 33 40 47 53 60 67 73 80

My apologies for the entire table not showing up in this blog post.    If you click here you can download the full scale for resizing patterns for free. To be able to enlarge or reduce to any size that is wanted (if it isn't in the above table) use the basic formula here:

(block size wanted) / (current block size) = (percentage to enlarge or reduce original block)*100 Example 1: Current size = 4" and you want a 12" block - 12/4=3 -> 3*100= 300% Example 2: Current size =12" and you want a 7" block - 7/12=.583 ->.583*100=58% or 59% Gratitudes: 1. Vacation be a-coming! 2. Getting to meet cousins in person that I've only known online.  =)