Peggi, I followed the blog posts. My seams were unequal because I thought the 1/4" mark on my new machine was a bit off. (should have kept using it). Also with all that pressing the seams open, I spray starch to set them, I feel some pieces shrunk. So now, meeting those points up needs quite a bit of fudging. However I am getting there, just have to cut the backing now and put it all together - that will be fun. But as I said, I will get the template before attempting it again.