A note about 1/4" seams: Very important, but, if you are not an experienced sewer, really difficult to do when you are making your first quilt. Less than 1/4" seams will allow the fabrics you sewed together to fray and seams will then open. Greater than 1/4" seams will make the quilt smaller. The perfect 1/4" seam is wonderful, but if that isn't happening with your first quilt, a deeper (more than 1/4") seam is better. as long as it is consistent.