Originally Posted by Quilting Angel

I am doing a disappearing 9 patch quilt out of 5" charm packs. I am making this 5 blocks wide and 6 rows long, then I am going to do an inner border of about 2 1/2 inches. My question is: I'd like to either sew the 5" blocks together for the outer border or cut them in half...kind of like the piano key, but not sure how to make sure it works out. In other words, make sure nothing has to be cut off at the ends because it ends up too long. I hope this makes sense. How can I figure that part out? I've always just done plain borders, but would like to try something different.