Originally Posted by mom-6

It's beautiful!
Only things I can think of that might have caused your problem would be not prewashing (I usually don't either) or possibly that you might have used a poly blend instead of 100% cotton.

Originally Posted by Prism99

On those corners, try pressing first. The underneath part shows you where the triangle should end up. If the edges don't match up, you have the opportunity to un-sew and try again. Mary Ellen Hopkins recommended doing this, and she even recommended not cutting the underneath triangle; she said it keeps the block more stable if you leave it in.

Originally Posted by crocee

The problems I had was that even though everything was the correct size when cut, sewn, and pressed it seemed to shrink when it was time to make the block. I'm using a scant 1/4" seam and even measured it. Another problem I had was when sewing the outer squares to the center square. I marked the sewing line diagonally across the small square, placed it where it went on the larger square and sewed it as instructed. Everything looked good till I cut the corner off 1/4" from the sewing line and pressed it open. It looked wonky and the triangle was too small.