Appliqued Kid's Art Keepsake Quilt

2. Calculate how much bigger or smaller the images need to be to look good on a 12-inch square background. For example, if you want the appliqué to be as close as possible to 8" x 8" there will be 2 inches of border around the appliqué to fill a 12-inch square. If the longest side of the drawing is 7 inches, enlarge the image by 114 percent (8 divided by 7 equals approximately 1.14); if the longest side is 9 inches; reduce the image to 89 percent of the original (8 divided by 9).