Originally Posted by btiny36

My first strip is 6.5 w, middle strip 3.5, but if I cut the last strip the same width as the middle it doesn't look like the pattern to me...in the pattern pic it looks like the last strip is quite narrower than the middle...maybe it's just me lol...I'm making this block 12" finished and not the 8" finish.....The quilt I'm making is the one featured on the cover if that helps...really hate to have to purchase that book again...If memory serves me correctly the block size in the pattern was a 8" finish, but I wanted a 12" finish so by just using the basic block I figured out for the 12", but like I said to me I think the last strip is quite narrow from the rest of the block. OK NOT MARK MY WORDS ON MY MEASUREMENTS LOL...CAUSE I THINK I CUT MY BIGGEST PIECE AT 8.5, MIDDLE 2.5 SO THINKING LAST STRIP WILL BE 1.5" SO BLOCK IS 12.5" UNFINISHED....DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT