Originally Posted by Aquarius
I tried my first block. I tried the 5" square and sewed all around but when I cut them, they only ended up 5 1/2 ". so I cut the 5 in square in half and made four and they came out to 8 1/2. Not the 9" like everyone is saying. Maybe I did something wrong?
These are two different methods and end up with very different sizes.
In the sew around the edges they come out around 5.8" unfinished or 5.3" finished. Some are trimming to 5.5" unfininshed for 5" finished.
In the Lay two squares on top of each, draw a diagonal line, sew on each side of line, cut on the line, trim to 4.5" then do it again for 4 parts you should come to an 8.5" unfinished or 8" block when finished.
HTH