Originally Posted by
ghostrider
And not squaring up as you go is probably the number one reason a quilt top does not lie flat and square when done.
Amen! What was wonky and gets sprayed, stretched, or shrunk into shape will pop out again unless you machine quilt it into oblivion, in my limited experience.
Know your piece is cut right size before you start. Measure the seam for 1/4", measure width of top, middle and bottom of block under construction with one of those narrow Ominigrid rulers, and either compensate on the next set of strips in the block the way you would if making a garment, or just trim it up and keep going. I don't think of it as tedium - I think of it as craftsmanship. And I don't say this because I have mastered any of this - quite the opposite!
