Originally Posted by Cindy2sew

I am starting a quilt for Christmas for my daughter. Easy enough (yeah, right) She requested a quilt in black, white and
red.
I want to make pieced squares of different fabrics in a striped design. No problem. Using 4 fabrics (B,W&R) I cut the fabrics 2 1/2 inches wide. Stitched them together. Looks great! I plan on putting a 1 inch black border around every block then using a red sashing set on point. See design wall photo. The white spaces in between will be in black kona.
I go to square them up. BIG problem. I had used a 2 1/4 binding ruler! Oh nooooooo. This caused major problems.
Here is where I need the quilting gurus to help solve this problem.
I can square the blocks into 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 but......placing my ruler on the middle seam of the block, it would take a lot off the top and bottom row. OUCH. I plan on putting a 1 inch black border around each block. I dont have the time or money right now to start over again . Any suggestions would be so greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Cindy in TN