Originally Posted by
quiltmom04
If its for a group project, I think anything over 1/8" is too much. I've gotten squares in a block swap and trying to put them together, (made my quilters who I would have expected would know 12 1/2" is 12 1/2", not 13")was a PAIN to put together! For myself, I know what I can and can't work in, but not if I have to give it to someone else.
Put this way, it does make 1/4 inch leeway on each side of the 'target' seem like too much!