I am thinking of making a quilt from an illustration that appeared on the
cover of Scientific American magazine a while ago. I need some help
figuring a few things out, though.
The picture below illustrates the problem. All I know is that all of the
pieces are squares, and that the area of C is 64 square inches and the
area of D is 81 square inches. Here's what I need to know:
Will the finished shape be a square? If I want to quilt along all of the
lines (including the outside edge), how much thread will I need? (Assume
that it takes 1.5 inches of thread to quilt 1 inch of the line.)
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| A | B |
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| | | H | |
| | G | | C |
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| | I->|_|________|
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| | E | |
| | | D |
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|________________|___________|__________|