If it really bothers you (it would me) - I would pick the pieces apart (wash them - gasp!) and recut them to make them work. The unsewing can be done while you watch TV or are waiting somewhere.

There are times when "trying to make something work" - just doesn't!

I really am not a perfectionist - but some things do bother me enough to try to change them!

I have used precuts many times and am generally satisfied with them. The ones I dislike intensely are those cut with pinking shears. I have a hard time aligning the edges of the fabric with all those little teeth sticking out! Drives me nuts.

((((((Sukiyue))))))))))) hugs never hurt. Good lesson learned, so chalk it up to that. and have fun

None of my quilts will ever be prize winners because my quilts are made with love and mistakes. If it really bugs me I'll fix it, if not, then life is too short to worry about a wavy seam or crooked intersection, in my humble opinion - chances are after the quilt has been washed a few times and drug around on the floor, that wavy seam or intersection will be the last thing anyone ever thinks about.

For me precuts and kits are a matter of convenience and availability...not whether I'm fussy or not. I'll take my chances on the sizes sometimes and roll with the punches -- gives me creative license for changes as needed. Guess I'm a more laid back type of quilter that does it for fun and not for aggravation.

I thought about picking them apart, but I think I'll survive it if I don't this time. lol

This might be your first quilt, but it wont be your last. Remember YOU ARE A QUILTER and a quilter only uses ideas (that we like or that make us happy not rules), when making a quilt you have the ability to change anything about the quilt and sewing up to the time that quilt leaves your hands. You can always take your quilt top (that at this time is not meeting what you had in mind), and cut new blocks out of what you have done. Then put it back together again, now it's something different again. NO rules, you are in charge - quilt patterns are just ideas!!!!! That YOU bring to life. Happy sewing.

I hate picking apart seems, even though I have lots of experience with it. Are the sewn-together bits big enough to lay a square ruler between the seams and cut new squares a little smaller (9" or so)? You could pick other squares from your stash to go with them to get your quilt to the size you want. I hate for you to push on through and end up with a quilt you don't like. Good luck with it, whatever you decide.

After awhile, you won't remember what was "wrong" with your quilt...maybe. My quilts are never finished as the pattern says (except for the Eleanor Burns' ones), as somehow I always flub something or the pattern isn't right or whatever. But after the quilt has it's 'design elements' added, it looks okay. Hope you find your own 'design element
for this one.

Sometimes I think it is the fabric itself. I have a UFO that I need to work on someday lol. Anyway. I made the blocks from all pastel Gingham fabric, and some of the blocks were either too small or just a tad larger than need be, I haven't worked on it in about 4 yrs, so I can't remember exactly, but they were off when I started putting the rows together. Al were definitely carefully cut exactly and all had 1/4" seams. I even ad a friend check them also. We finally decided it had to be the material and the weave of some of the gingham. I redid some blocks and starched heavily before cutting, but still had problems. Maybe when I get in the mood to tackle something nerve wracking I will go back and finish this quilt.

I bought charm packs and ran into the same issue. Someone here told me they are cut 1/4 longer width because of the way the fabric shrinks.