Originally Posted by
GramE
yeah, I slacked off of the squaring up after the second week. Boy was I sorry I did, but grateful I did it at least the first two weeks! It was Christmas & was just happy to have squares cut & maybe sewn. Cutting didn't really cross my mind, until piecing started!
So is it really neccessary to trim or can I just match my seams/points if all I'm trimming is slivers? The last time I tried to trim squares, I ending up cutting my squares much smaller because I messed one up and had to go back and redo everything I had already trimmed. I'm so afraid that will happen again that I'm really taking my time this time, measure twice, cut once, and all that good stuff. If I'm accurate enough in my initial cutting in sewing, is there really much to be gained by trimming before I piece everything together?