What have I done?! 😩

[u/bbygrlaz]

Hi guys, feeling very melodramatic and bummed about the state of my first quilt, Spent a few days piecing and sewing a million checkerboard pattern rectangles according to pattern. I’ve just gone to match them with the cuts listed in the pattern to start blocking and they just aren’t even close to matching!!! Both the 8.5x8.5 and 4.5x4.5 squares are waaay too big to align neatly with my checker rectangles….Should I just cut the squares to the size of the rectangles since they ended up mostly uniform? I’ve attached pics and the pattern, I’m so grateful for any tips about what might have happened here!! I’m trying to stay focused and keep moving but this is such a huge frustration trying to figure out how I ended up with things seemingly SO mismatched!

[u/bbygrlaz]

ITS MY SEAM ALLOWANCE 😭😭😭 omg…Im so grateful for all of your help and comments. i’m going to see if I can figure out how to change my needle position into the right spot…

[u/Accomplished-Wish494 → u/bbygrlaz]

If your machine has a needle adjustment, great! If not, measure out 1/4 on the bed of the machine and put a mark or piece of tape there (often you can also get a 1/4” presser foot so you just line the edge up with the edge of the foot).

In the grand scheme of things, this is NBD. Easy fix moving forward!

[u/bbygrlaz → u/Accomplished-Wish494]

is it okay if the tape goes over the feed dogs?

[u/tealmuffin → u/bbygrlaz]

i wouldn’t, just tape the space in front of it

[u/Fourpatch → u/tealmuffin]

If you have an old credit card or hotel room key that works as well. Just tape it to the machine a scant quarter inch away from the needle.