Kill! Crush! Destroy!

So for those of you who haven't been following along, I made a quilt top that ended up just too damn big. I decided to re-make it so it ended up smaller.

I could have done it by unsewing the blocks, but that would have taken too damn long, and there was a faster way to do it. The blocks before I sewed them together the first time were 4-1/2" square. I wanted them to be 3-1/2". There was plenty of room to just cut them down.

The first step was to cut the big blocks out of the quilt, which I did but cutting along the seamline dividing two blocks, like you can see above.

Then I cut the blocks apart into rows, and trimmed away the seam allowance.

Then I cut the rows apart into blocks.

Next I trimmed each block down to 3-1/2" square. Having a ruler that was 3-1/2" wide was helpful.

I'm going to sew these together by webbing the components into larger blocks.

The block is now 12-1/2" square.

You can see the smaller block to the right.

You all know that I will do anything necessary to get the quilt I want. Yes, this is a lot of work, but that's OK. I know I am going to end up with a terrific quilt that will be the perfect size to use.