Originally Posted by
Foxflower
Well, if you made a lot of them that way, just keep going. It's the first step, and you can probably make everything following 1/4" smaller. Step #2 calls for 3.5" squares, which you could make 3.25" instead. You'll just end up with a slightly smaller quilt. Just MHO.
I'd caution you against this because of the proportions. 1/4 " smaller on a 3" block is different than 1/4" smaller on a 4" block - different percentage. Until you are more experienced and want to do all the calculations, be aware that you can't just make each block smaller (not the same percentage!) because they won't fit together at the end! I'd sure hate for you to be disappointed with a beautiful blocks that don't match up.