I mean no disrespect to Eleanor Burns but I won't use her patterns because of the "cut down" method she recommends. Her quilts are beautiful but I want to make a block that is the correct size the first time and if it's not, it's MY mistake, not because the pattern makes it larger so I can "cut down" to the correct size.
I agree with all the suggestions--try resizing your blocks by making them smaller or adding borders. Or just do what I do when I have a project I don't care for; I put it in The Box That Shall Never Be Opened. (My heirs can deal with all those LOL).