bearisgray

PS - I know that those pinned pieces look like they won't end up "right" with those ends sticking out - but with the marking and pinning - they do!

It does take a moment or two to mark the pieces -and pin them together - but until one gets to be able to "eyeball" them - it really is worth the effort. I still do - at least the first half dozen or so - until I "know" how they are supposed to go.

Another "trick" I learned along the way -

If I draw a block out on graph paper like it's supposed to look - and the pieces are "odd" -

Then I cut out each piece needed for a template and glue it to a piece of template plastic and then add seam allowances to the piece. It's easier for me to cut around a template than to have to "think" about what I am doing.