When I had Spanish 101 we learned
a b c d e f g h i j k l ll m n n~ (I don't know how to stick the tilde over
the n) o p q r rr s t u v w x y z

That's 29.

Tracey in CT

"Dr. Quilter" wrote in message
...
we don't count ll and ch as letters... I think. I don't remember, but
both Fer and I came up with 27:

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n ñ o p q r s t u v w x y z.

but I am not sure. I wrote it down and had 26, then had to go back and
add the ñ so now I am confused. Cc to DH for confirmation.. .) Been
living here way too long!

my plan is to make a bilingual ABC quilt. maybe reversible. I am
collecting fabrics that can be used for two letters. ej. apple fabric
would be the A in english and the M in spanish for Manzana.

Ellison wrote:
Howdy!
Aren't there 29 letters in the Spanish alphabet?
ch, ll, ñ in addition to the standard English.
Add something special to one more block to make 30 blocks.

"Dr. Quilter" wrote in message
...

funny, in spanish there are 27 letters so I guess you could do a 9x3
(though that would be long and skinny). 26 is divisible by 2 and by 13,
but that would be even worse... I don't think it is divisible by
anything else that is useful, uh? that's the problem... I've seen it
done with empty spaces. I have collected theme fabrics to do one of
these or more, but haven't tried it yet (the lack of symmetry troubles
me!) )

Mystified One wrote:


When doing alphabet blocks, I can't make the set of 26 come out even.

No

matter how hard I try, I end up with one left or one blank space.

I even tried figuring out how to make the blocks with alternating

blocks, no

luck.

I've already got the ABC blocks, so I can't combine two at the end.

They're

redwork 8-inch blocks that I bought on ebay. Doing alternating blocks

that

are red and white would be ideal, I think, but I can't get them to come

out

even.

I'm curious how anyone else has done these, if they have. If not, how

would

you make them come out even?



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