Marilyn, I do the same thing...all the time...not great at squaring up unless it is 1/2 triangles or 1/4 triangles...those I cut bigger and trim down to size....much easier on the frustration level!
I'm with Marilyn and Shirley and I also want to say welcome to the forum, wackyaunt3! Hope to see more of you along with some of your quilts!
Cyndi
“Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.” - Victor Hugo
I've turned into a "square up as I go" person. I find that it's easier to do that and have them all the same, before sashing, and end up with a better finished piece. My cutting mat is close to my machine and ironing board, so when I get up to press the last seam in a block, it's easy to swing by the cutting mat and plop it down to check it, and square it up if needed.
I used to not square as I went, and boy it only takes a little off here and a little off there to end up with some fullness in places where squares were just a tad too big, or worse yet, open seams in places where squares were a tiny bit too small and didn't get caught all the way in the seam when sewing.![]()