Originally Posted by
Prism99
A lot of the wonkiness will "quilt out". Part of the charm of old quilts is the wonkiness. I wouldn't cut down the blocks. I would hand piece them to sashing. You can use the sashing as your guide and ease in any excess block to the sashing. If a block is too short, I would hand piece in some neutral washed muslin as necessary. Honestly, much of the charm of these old quilt blocks is the wonkiness, which is a characteristic of folk quilts.
Agree with Prism99. I bought this quilt top as is from my Grandmother's Aunt who pieced it. My Great Aunt had it quilted by her sewing bee. The block was quite poorly pieced and wonky. Most problems came out with the hand-quilting. Was disappointed with the choice of bright orange for the backing and the binding but then this all occurred in the mid 70s.