Originally Posted by
mjpEncinitas
When making the blocks these are the three most important things:
1. The square is 12 1/2”. Put your finished block on top of the 12 1/2 square ruler is what Janice suggests. It is worth it to buy this ruler if you are doing the boom. Go to Joann’s with a 50% off coupon.
2. The seams are 1/4 “. Seams that are too small won’t hold up in the quilt.
3. You use a regular stitch NOT a basting stitch.
I would add that scant quarter inch seams are ok too, and you may need to use them to get your block to come out 12.5". But be sure they
are a scant quarter inch, and not 1/8".
Also Janice has asked us to use between 10 and 12 stitches per inch in our seams, so the seams hold up to multiple washings, etc.
Ditto on buying that 12.5" square ruler. You really need it to check and square up the blocks.