Just finished Month 1 so I am way behind. Not getting overly anxious and taking my time with beginning month 2. Month 1 came out at 16-1/4 even though my printer said my 1" square was spot on. After reading more comments on the forum decided to change print setting to 101% and it took care of that incorrect measurement. I will still be able to correct the size with floaters after watching Sue Garman's video. Wonderful instructions. Will continue to measure all of the paper pieces before stitching them in place.

I'm still working on month two also. I have the half square triangles half done.
Cindy

I'm almost finished with those triangles! The 1st block was so complicated and this one is so tedious!

I seem to have stalled in month 2! Has everyone else finished theirs?

Thanks Barbara.

PBLBJL wrote:
I would wait for the next step. After you make the sawtooth borders you can still cut it down if you need to. It may be OK just the way it is.
In checking your numbers, if the star was 16" finished and you added a 1/2" border, the center would be 17" finished so the triangles should have been cut from 13" squares, not 13.5". That would explain some of the extra size.

After setting my Halo Star block on point, my piece measures 25 1/4" square instead of 24 1/2". I don't know where the difference came from, because my center was 16 1/2" unfinished, border is 1/2" finished and I cut my setting triangles from 13 1/2" squares. Would it be correct to trim 3/8" off each side to get it down to 24 1/2" or do I adjust with the next border/floater?

I would also use steam on them & then "block them" by making them straight & then putting a weight on them and let sit like that for a few minutes. You should watch show 1602 with Sally Collins, she goes into detail about her method of ironing.

cmd77 wrote:
Did you use steam in the iron? They look slightly warped. The floaters will help bring them into "square".

I am working on my half square triangles. They are not straight before I take the papers off. Is this going to be a problem when I go to sew them on my block?

Hi - this is my first quilt project.. I am a month behind since I did not receive my package until around Februarry 8. So far so good my center is on the mark. And I am up to the sawtooth border. I was wondering if anyone taped the patterns together to make for long srips rather than seaming the sections together. I await anyones input befroe I start my sawtoogh borders.

Thank you
Rochelle

dahlialady wrote:
Yes, the half square triangles do measure 1" finished. My borders needed tweaking too. A bit of assertive pressing might get you that missing 1/8". Mine were slightly too long so I tightened up a couple of the seams where the paper strips are joined together.

You can also use the floater to make everything fit together nicely--just follow the directions for calculating the size your floaters need to be.

My block came out to be 24 1/2" before putting the half square triangle strip on. I just finished one of the half square triangle borders and it is measuring 25 3/8". I checked the squares before sewing and they did measure 1" square. Anybody else having this problem? Or should the squares measure less than 1"?

I use a program called Triangulations to print triangle paper on the computer. Works great and includes every size.