Originally Posted by Margie
Keep wondering about all the quilters who preceded us...no rotary cutters and rulers for straight cuts, no seam guides, no fancy equipment and they turned out fabulous quilts...
They sewed along the seam line and the seam allowance was the fabric left over.
Many of us cut first and sew the seam based on the cut edge. That's what leads to difference between quilters' blocks. If I draw a line and sew on that line it doesn't matter what the seam allowance turns out to be.