Originally Posted by Victoria
Hi
Haven't sewn it together yet but I am having trouble already with squaring off the 15-1/2 inch squares as I press them individually.
Here is a link to a Youtube video by Sharon Schamber that shows how to shrink a lop-sided block to the necessary dimensions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6aplw_tVZc
She also has one on how to stretch a block that is too small:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQkF02vpVuw
It is much easier to "block" each block to size like this before sewing them together, than it is to have to deal with a huge quilt top that is lopsided (although that can be done too).
Mary