Originally Posted by
Antdebby1
Thank you all for your help! I am making this from a pattern. My intention was to make the block a tad bit bigger and square it to 6 1/2 ".
I think you are trying to make the project more difficult than it needs to be.
How about making a practice block with the pattern piece sizes as given ?
If it ends up 'small' - make narrower seams.