quiltingcotton

The above is just an example
the above example would be 3 rectangles joined together top to bottom to make a block 6.5" in width, and hence that is why the length is the same on all the rectangles.

So when the enlarged three rectangles are sewn together it would make an unfinished block - 15.5" x 6.5"

In the actual quilt, all the block components are squares or rectangles - the above is just a short example that has nothing to do with the actual quilt. I just want to know if I enlarge each piece the same inches, leaving the same 1/4" seam allowance around them if that would work. I'm not set on how big the finished block is, just that I don't want it to be as small as it is in the pattern. For example, I don't care if the finished block in the quilt is 10 or 15 or 20" I just don't want it to be a 5" finished block that it currently is. Depending on the size of the finished block, I can chose how many blocks in width and length I need for the size of quilt I want.