Snowball help
 

I’m having a hard time with my blocks coming up short when I snowball corners. I draw a line right down the diagonal line and sew exactly on it, trim to 1/4 inch and then press open. For some reason my blocks keep coming up about 1/8th too small. What am I doing wrong?

Don't sew exactly on the line; sew just beside it, to the side that will be cut off. This will allow a bit of extra fabric, which is used in the fold.

Some people just use a square patch in the corner, sew, and then trim even.

Thank "sew a thread's width" over from the drawn line. Doesn't sound like much, but it does make quite a difference.

Thanks everyone! I’m excited to try again now that I know to go a smidge to the side that’s going to be cut off.

I used to cut my folded corners off but discovered if I leave the back square on and cut out the middle fold triangle out then if my corner is a little short I can use the edge of the back square as a guide. This way has saved me a lot of frustration.

Sew just about 2 threads toward the corner you are going to cut off and I think you will have better luck. No worries I have done this many times and this is a tip that I learned from a class I was taking.

What a great tip. I know when I cut off the corner it's hard to tell if the sewn on bit is exactly square. Leaving the corner of the original square solves that problem. Thanks!

I agree. Great tip! I'll be using that one next time.