Not a lot of piecing or quilting going on since I got home but I have been working some on the Drunkard’s Path blocks.

These are being cut with my Accuquilt GO and I’m piecing them without pins, using my regular 1/4 inch foot. I haven’t decided if the stretchiness of the homespuns makes it easier or harder but as I’m squaring up each block I don’t really care.

Using my 15 inch ruler, I line up the 7 mark with my center.

And trim to 14 inches square. I technically end up losing 1/2 inch per block but in reality, my seam allowances tend to be on the slightly generous side so I’m OK with that in exchange for not pinning and having all the blocks trimmed to the exact same size.

When I line my ruler up for the first cut, I just make sure that everything falls at or over the 14 inch mark and then flip the block and trim the last two sides leaving a 14 inch block.

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