HST Question
I'm a newbie, so please be easy on me if this is a no brainer question....
I want to make a border on my quilt, and I want to make HST. The quilt is just 6" blocks, 5.5" finished. So in order to match that do I make 6" blocks and cut them in half? I tried this, I cut a 6" block, cut it in half corner to corner, sewed it back together and it's a little bit bigger than 5.5", (like 1/8"). I checked my seam, and it is right on 1/4". Should I be cutting 5.75" blocks? I have a book and it says if I want a 6" block than to start with a 6.5" block, so I am doing something wrong here... I know it's not that big of a difference on one block but by the time I get to the bottom it will be way noticeable and I am getting frustrated with wasting my precious "quilting time" that I don't have much to begin with anyway..
Thanks so much...