Yes it was rough but I took one for the team and did it. LOL The quilt is 7ft X 7ft. Havn't decided if I want a border or just quilt and bind. Each 2 fatquarter (1 light, 1 dark) made 2- 12' blocks. But there was no rm for error in cutting on the light fatquarter as i found out, had to piece some together to finish blocks.