Allow for this by starting with a slightly larger piece of material, and then cutting your block to size when your design in completed. You do not have to use a specific fabric in creating your block. However, please use cottons or cotton blends, not polyesters whenever possible. Polyester materials can be difficult to quilt through. Also, please use woven fabric, not knits.
Knits are stretchy and hard to quilt through.
Please pre-wash all fabrics. You do not have to use a specific color combination or pattern in creating your block. However, if you have no other material in mind, we recommend unbleached muslin as a suitable background material for painting, transfers, applique, etc. Do not use glitter, puffy paints, thick beads of paint, glue guns, or large areas filled with thick iron-on appliques, felt, suede, or any other substance or technique that will be difficult to stitch through, by hand when we are quilting. Also, please avoid fabrics that melt easily, such as acetate linings.