Originally Posted by bearisgray

I'm also confused -

1) Did you cut your 5-inch squares down to 3-inch squares,

2) and then sew the 3-inch squares into 9-patches (3x3 grid)?

3) which would measure 8x8 inches (unfinished) before you cut the 9-patch block into quarters/fourths?

4) After resewing the quarters, did you end up with 7-1/2 inch (unfinished) blocks?

Is this where you are at? Or did I totally misunderstand what you did/are doing?