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Old 10-15-2022, 04:07 AM
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Originally Posted by LogCabin82
I'm working a on block of the month, where the finished block is supposed to be 15 1/2''. The first time I pieced three blocks, and they all came out to different sizes: 14'', 14.5'', 15''. So I investigated to see if I had a true 1/4 seam and I didn't, so I took out the blocks, and tried another block again, this time, trying to be careful with the 1/4'' seam... Well, my stupid block came out as 14.25-5''. I checked my 1/4'' seams and they were 1/4''.... I finally gave in and trimmed the block to 14'', because I couldn't get the right size.... does anybody have any ideas, why I keep getting different sizes?? Here is the block pattern:

I see on the pattern it says the block is 15.5 inches UNFINISHED. I would think it should be 15 inches finished. You said it should be 15.5 finished, that would account for 1/2 inch.
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