AIMR
(Linda -In the year 2025, I am happy to be alive! :us:)
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When the pattern lists the size, it is the FINISHED size after sewing the 1/4 inch seams…so your Flying geese should have ended up being 3.5x6.5…the same size as the ends of the corner blocks and the middle piece…after you sew them on, you are taking 1/4 inch x2, which is the half inch you are off…
Since you already cut them, I would just adjust your corners and middle by 1/2 inch and have a little smaller block…
Or, trim your middle block and then do 1/8 inch seams…either way, you are going to have a slightly smaller block but you can adjust with sashing later to fit the other blocks…
if you trim them down to fit, i believe your block will finish at 11.5"
the 12" would be the finished size, once sewn in to the seams. I think your geese might have needed to be 3.5x6.5, so the quarter inch seam allowances would take it down to 12.5" unfinished.
i, @wereradletshug, offer this circuit board quilt for the january prompt.
first time combining paper piecing and traditional piecing in one quilt, as well as using shannon cuddle fabric on the back of a quilt
AIMR
(Linda -In the year 2025, I am happy to be alive! :us:)
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Part of it is the math thing…lol…most quilts have standard sizes that you cut and they all fit because of the math…notice how many things are 1/2 inch…that is because seams are 1/4 inch all around!
Believe me, you are doing great and after a few blocks, it will be old hat to you…keep up the good work and enthusiasm…I find that even “mistakes” can be fixed pretty much one way or the other!
I had this same issue. I distinctly remember reading it was important to trim the geese before sewing the strips…misleading!
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AIMR
(Linda -In the year 2025, I am happy to be alive! :us:)
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I haven’t read the instructions yet…some are better than others…and I think some is just because of experience…if you guys ever have any doubt, you can PM me and many others here to muddle through it with you…just don’t get discouraged…all things can be fixed!
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Lynx
(In a world where you can be anything, be kind.)
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That is really cool! My dh works in IT so he’d appreciate that! I love how the green just really pops out!
Thanks for sharing the link to the pattern. She has a lot of fun patterns!
It’s a wee bit smaller than planned, and those pretty points are destined to get gulped up in future seam allowances, but overall I’m pretty pleased with it! Looking forward to making more blocks with you all! Thanks so much for the help so far!
Btw, I adore that bento box block! Any chance that will be a future BOM?
But thank you!! 
