Originally Posted by
Maureen NJ
Jennifer23's description of how to do it was perfect...but cut the strips 14 1/2", not 14". Block will finish at 14" when blocks are sewn together. My question. How will you lay it out for 29 blocks? If you have 5 blocks wide by 6 blocks length, you will need 30 blocks. It will make a 70" x 84" finished quilt.
By my calculations, the block will end up at 13.5 inches. The original block ends up being 9.5 because of the seams, and the two 2.5 in strips end up being 2 inches each. That makes the finished block 13.5.
So the last two strips are cut at 14 inches.