I'm finished with mine so far. My blocks also came out to be 9". The very first one I trimmed to 8 1/2" and ended losing all of my points. All the rest I left at 9" with a 7 1/2" triangle. They came out perfect. I'll post a picture later. Thanks Judy. This was fun. I'm still not sure whether I'm going to like it or not. I will have to wait and see when it is finished. I might just give it to my hairdresser. She loves scrappy quilts.