Okay this is my puckery sewing job. I'm fooling with the tension but still don't have it right. Also, I got a clear plastic square that I use as a template to cut squares...but plenty are still a little "off" in size compared to others. How do I make more uniform cuts? I thought this template would help me avoid that?? Also, from the second photo, which maybe is not clear enough, not sure, but when I sewed the two rows together the intersections aren't right, was I supposed to make little cuts or something so they lay open flat? Can I just cut this into circles at the intersections so it has four different patch alternations and make a hotpad or something? I don't know what to do with this thing now. I know this is awful but I'm clueless about this stuff right now. Thanks for looking...