shadoh

i made 12 assorted 'star' blocks, 12 inch.....the pattern said.
so i trimmed them all to 12 inches, then realized that was to be the 'finished size' after joining them together.
they should have been trimmed to 12 1/2 inches.
thus the stars all have shortened points
what do i do now?
wondering if sashing would help, ? how to hide those missing points?

thanks in advance for any ideas posted. sigh.

jjsnacks

You are not alone.... its the sort of stupid thing that i would do .... sashing is all i could think of as well, but I am no way an expert, I am sure one of the more experienced QB quilters will have a solution .. jj

JustAbitCrazy

Cut off is cut off. I don't know any way (other than taking the stars apart and making them smaller) to restore cut off seam allowances and star points, sorry. Maybe this quilt can be for free motion quilting practice or some such thing. We all make "stupid mistakes", especially if we are tired. ​It's 3 am. Maybe time to quit for now?

kindleaddict63

I know that mistake!... the upside is that you will never do it again. Hope someone can give you a rescue solution if not justabit's idea is a good one.

mandyrose

been there done that and true I didn't make that same mistake again but new stupid mistakes come my way often some days I feel like I put the S in stupid..........

Tartan

​You either take them apart and make the blocks smaller or sash and add appliqué to each cut off point. If you sash with the same colour as the star points, they will be less noticeable.

sweetpea

just a idea, have not try this but I was reading your post and this pop in my head. what if you cut the star like you would for a D9P and put it back together with a sashs? sorry just a early morning idea.

DebraK

Cut off another 1/2' and make it look intentional. You've just designed a new pattern ;-)

Eva Knight

I love the idea of doing the D9p. I think it would be really nice.

susiequilt

What's so special about points anyway?
I can live without them!