Originally Posted by
Maureen
I have made a couple quilts that turned out pretty good, but this one is giving me fits. Its Yellow Brick road. All of my squares arent square. Im thinking of cutting them down a tad. Are you supposed to measure one side 9 1/4 and the other side and even 9?Will that give you a square block. I never could understand that, but math is not my thing.
Hi Maureen, you would have to have a 10" or larger square ruler. Place the ruler on the block with the right hand upper corner of the ruler on the upper right hand corner of the block with the corners even. Then make sure the 45 degree line is going thru the bottom left corner of the block. You would then cut off any fabric on the right side sticking out from under the ruler. BUT before you do that, make sure the width of the block is the size you want. Then turn the block a half turn and measure from the left side to the right the size you want and cut what's sticking out from under the ruler on the right. Then do the same for the top and bottom of the block. I hope this makes sense.