Originally Posted by
Genden
Maybe I am missing something here, but I thought a scant quarter inch seam was to make up for the thickness of the thread so that the piece or block would be the right size. The seam should be sized so that the piece or block is the exact size of the pattern after it is pressed.
This is correct. Although we talk about the seam measurement, you don't measure the seam, you measure the resultant patch.