Originally Posted by
solstice3
I hate when that happens. Of course I can measure "correctly" and still not come out right. you could change the pattern slightly and go with the 7.5 x8.5 or you could perhaps cut those blocks down and use them as a border.
I just spent days and tears on a summer-weight topper for my queen bed, and managed to cut the squares wrong on a couple of the batiks (and had to patch some to use). I think what I did was reverse the square ruler I was using and cut on the "reciprocal". Does that make sense? I think it is a 12" square, and I meant to measure always from where the two 1" marks met. If I did it backwards I cut one inch off one direction. Not pretty.