Originally Posted by Hope2quilt
Murphy - that is a good idea. I will try that first.
Susan- I am not sure that I a picture worthy yet with my work. I really like the pattern by I am struggling with the triangles (the split block) matching. I seem to be off center with those. The small squares are perfect.
Hope2quilt, Just keep at it and before long you will master those triangles! I, too, am a new quilter. I am now working on a scrappy quilt that has 15 inch blocks. In each block are 137 pieces -- what was I THINKING of?! Many of those pieces are finished 1 inch squares, and ugh, I have made such a mess of them. However, I've noticed that as the project has continued, my seams are matching MUCH better. It was a struggle at first, but I decided that mis-matched seams were better than no seams at all (better than quiting), so I persisted. Now I see a big improvement between the first and the last set of blocks. Don't get discouraged, you will get better with practice.