I'm wondering if you might be making the same mistake I did when i first started quilting.
I had been sewing for 40 plus years, but you have a fudge factor (margin), with clothing etc.
I was so focused on the seam allowance, it seemed like it took me forever to just realize that it is
the measurements of the block INSIDE the seams that really mattered.
After I had that revelation I started using a mechanical pencil and drew my seam lines just dark
enough to see. (You don't want to get carbon on your thread, but this was the thinnest line I
could get.)
After I started sewing on the lines, my blocks came out perfect...well, you know what I mean.
I really hope you see this, bc i felt like such a dummy and my first quilt was pretty but it sure
wasn't accurate.
I had to "finagle" the finished product and only my grandmouslings see it,...but they think
everything I do is fantastic. Gotta love those little meeces!
