judyrael

My trick when a block doesn't look just the way I want it to is to make it into a pot holder. I have lots of them learning to quilt. But the problem here wasn't that the points don't match up, but that there wasn't enough left on the edges for sewing together and it would be cutting the points off to join them. I only made one block, so here comes another potholder.

brushandthimble

When you copied the pattern from a magazine did you paper piece it?

Can you take a picture of the block you are questioning and post it for us? Someone is sure to have an answer for you.

It is never to late to jump on in for the BOM. We are just past half way on this one.

judyrael

Its called a Friendship Star and its a 12 inch block.

brushandthimble

how did you make the triangle squares?
I make mine by cutting the squares about 1 inch larger than the squared off triangle sq. I draw a line down the center and stitch 1/4 inch on both sides and cut down the center. I lay my ruler on the stitched line and square off, that leaves me with 1/4 inch seam allowance on the outside edges.
Hope this helps.

judyrael

I do mine exactly the same way. This pattern told me how big to cut the squares, lay them face to face, then draw the line thru and sew 1/4 inch on each side and cut down the middle.

brushandthimble

what size did they need to be squared off to? and what size square did it say to cut?

judyrael

The middle star is 4 1/2 square. The star squares are 5 inch, then put face to face, sewed down the middle with a 1/4 seam and cut to make triangles. I squared them off to also measure 4 1/2 inch. Used 1/4 inch seam and sewed together. I'm going to try another one to see if I did something wrong. Maybe when I trimmed the squares that made the triangles I trimmed them to much. I didn't think I did, but I just can't think of what went wrong or if this pattern is just suppose to be like this.

judyrael

I did find another Friendly Star that looks exactly the same on the net while surfing at quilting.about.com B.O.M/ while surfing the net and their square to make the triangles was cut at 4 7/8 instead of at 5 and evening it out to 4 1/2 after it is sewn.

brushandthimble

cut your squares 5 1/4; draw a line down the center, stitch 1/4 in on both side of line (will give you 2 triangle squares) first square off two sides to 4 3/4, line up square ruler on those 2 cut edges, and final square off the last 2 edges at 4 1/2.

judyrael

Thanks so much. Tomorrow, I'm hoping to find some time to make another square and I'll do it like you said and see what I get.... I appreciate the advice.