Originally Posted by
kathy
are you sure you want to trim it to 8"?, then when you sew it into the quilt you will loose another 1/2" and they will be 7-1/2" blocks (speaking from experience here)
I'm also wondering - did the instructions say - make an 8-1/2 inch block that will be 8 inches 'finished' size??????
If so - the block should be 8-1/2 inches - and then AFTER IT IS SEWN IN PLACE - what you will see from the top will be 8 inches? And that is what is called the 'finished size' - what you see of the block from the RIGHT SIDE of the top after it has been sewn to the other components.