I also would either add borders to the small pieces..or buy more material and make bigger pieces..the smaller ones can always be used in a scrape quilt later..and also maybe u could ask someone else who quilts to look at the blocks and directions and they might see what the problem is..Sometimes one person reads the direction different than another person..I just did that when making the card trick pattern..I was so mad at it..My friend looked at it..my pattern said 4 5/8 when was suppose to be 5 5/8 ..I had read it a dozen times and did not see it..I was o upset with it all..