If it were mine, I'd take it apart (sorry). But I love the fabric you're using to accent the blocks with!

Yeah I decided to take it apart too...the only problem is that I don't have any more of that color for the sashing...so I'm back to square one...*ponders* thanks for the advice

I also gave you that advice - the pieced blocks look "good enough" to me - but the triangles on the edges definitely are not working

by the way - "good enough" to me is about plus or minus 1/8 inch

are the outside edges on the setting triangles on the bias?

a lot of books recommend having a straight grain on the outside edge for stability

if you have more of that green, I think I would just take those off and ponder what to do with them

I don't remember the math to get the right size for those, either.

I would unsew and do over. Sorry.

are you sure that the sashing pieces are cut on grain? from here, some of them look a little twisted. i would start again, too. sorry for the extra work.

they do look like they are on the bias and alittle too big??? Were they cut according to the pattern....

They were just cut a little too short...and I don't have any more of that material to re-cut. Sorry but I have no idea what "on the bias" or any of that means... :x :lol:

now that I look at it, the blocks don't look the same size. they need to be re-sized and thats really hard to do with star blocks cuz of the points. bias means across the grain....

are/were the blocks the same size?

if not, some people add "frames" or sashing to the blocks to make them the same size instead of cutting them down to the same size - that way you can keep the blocks intact - and then they put sashing between the framed blocks

the positive thing about this - after your hair grows back in from tearing it out now - is that you will have learned a LOT!

most woven fabric has threads that go two ways - the long way parallel to the selvage - which is called the warping threads - and this is called the lengthwise grain. This is usually the most stable grain of the fabric.

and the crosswise threads that are woven through the warp threads are called the weft - there is usually a little give in the fabric when it is pulled crosswise

true bias is cut at a 45 degree angle to these threads and this has the most stretch or give in a woven fabric.

if you google weaving, and grain lines in fabric, that might be helpful to you

by now, this may already be old information to you