I tried to be very careful with my cutting and sewing today. I measured each unit as I went, and trimmed down anything that wasn't exactly the size given in the measurements. For some reason, when I'm making the units, my units are always just a little bit bigger than what the directions call for. I know it's because I use a scant seam allowance when I sew, that's not surprising. What is surprising is that once I sew the unit together my completed block is usually just a little smaller than it should be. So why are the units bigger, but the finished block is smaller? I use the same seam allowance guide on all of them. It's not a MAJOR difference, usually 1/8 of an inch or less, but still, it's odd.
So I'm still not enjoying making the small blocks. In fact, I haven't been that enthusiastic about sewing in general lately, and this project doesn't help matters any. My original plan was to use the twinkle light blocks as a border, but I'd have to make 44 individual light bulb units, and I'm not sure I'm up to that. We'll see how I'm feeling when I get to that point, but it doesn't look promising.
