Originally Posted by Joy Higdon
Thanks to all of you for the positive responses. I am just frustrated that I am working on a Victorian Log Cabin and although I was careful in measuring and cutting, pieceing with a (I thought and it measure 1/4 inch)seam, when I measure the finished block it measures 10 1/2 in instead 10 3/4 in.
So do everything you just did on every single block, they'll all end up at 10 1/2", and slap a border on there if you need those extra couple inches! I think consistency is far more important than accuracy. Nobody's going to tear your seams open and measure them. ;)
I don't have a fancy machine, either--it's a crappy little Singer 5825C with exactly four stitches (all of them a zigzag variation) and a semi-automatic buttonholer. I don't want a long-arm, and I don't want to send my quilts out to one. I quilt by hand. That's my favorite part!
The definition of a quilt is a multi-layered covering secured by stitches or ties. If that is what you make, then you are a quilter. Period. :)