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    buckeyequilter's Avatar buckeyequilter is online now Senior Member
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    Default Re: when do I square up my blocks?

    Quote Originally Posted by auntiemern View Post
    I square just before sashing if I square at all. Not real big on doing that most of the time. I can usually get things together pretty good with a little wiggle here, and a little wiggle there.
    LOL...sounds like what I do
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    Default Re: when do I square up my blocks?

    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!

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    Default Re: when do I square up my blocks?

    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!
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    Default Re: when do I square up my blocks?

    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.

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