if you want yours to be 1" then make it 1" no one here is going to tell you- you can not-should not-if that's what you want to do-
funny you bring this up= i was going through a (mystery box) last week and came across a tiny basket- containing many many tiny squares- all with pinked edges (about 1/2" squares) a few of them are sewn together into 9-patches---they are sooooo CUTE!
i dont' know when i will get to them- but they are sure (inspiring?) :)