Originally Posted by
Fastpedal
I have made two stack and back quilts over the years. Cutting them was not a problem. The problem seems to be in the sewing and getting the blocks all the same size. The second quilt after trying to get them to square up I took all the blocks apart made a paper piece pattern, reduced the size an inch and put it together that way. I love the quilt but I will not do another quilt that way. Perhaps I am too much of a perfectionist.
Your blocks should have squared up with the piecing....your seams must not have been consistently the same size....and I can see how pp would make one keep the seams the same..just staying on those sew lines keeps the control. Shame you had to do it "twice"