Originally Posted by
Bobbielinks
Ok, now I need some help. I have my first installment pieces cut and the hourglass units are sewn together, but I find no place in the directions to tell me what size I need to square them to. Are the rest of you just cutting off the dogears or are you squaring the blocks to a certain size, maybe 61/2"?
I was very careful cutting and sewing, and even squared the cut pieces before sewing, but I can tell that my blocks are not completely square after sewing them.
from the blog answers on mccalls quilting website the squares should measure 6" unfinished. see comments below from their website. here is the weblink on mccalls. http://www.mccallsquilting.com/artic...in_Three_Parts
Valerie_Uland
Answer for kingt
At the end of Part 1, your UNFINISHED (raw edge) blocks should now measure 6 INCHES SQUARE. (Do NOT trim your Part 1 unfinished blocks smaller than 6 inches square!) Jan 10, 2012 at 08:36 AM
kingt
Final measurement of first two squares
I am really pretty new at this and am still not completely understanding answers to others who had the same question I did. So let me ask the question this way. After all the squares are sewn as directed, and we are going to square them up and wait for part 2 instructions, do we square them up to 6 inches or do we square them up to 5 1/2 inches? Jan 06, 2012 at 05:32 PM