I generally cut enough for half the blocks. I clip them together with the hair clips,( which is great to use instead of pins) put them and the pattern in a shoe box. When I go to my manfriends house I take my "Featherweight Bertha" and I'm ready to sew. I have a set of rulers, a cutting mat, scissors, a rotary cutter and thread at his house and that way I can do my own thing when he is occupied with his own things. Cutting all the pieces is a disaster for me because I sometimes figure wrong and cut way too many at once. You should do what is comfortable for you. Cut a few, Sew a few.........Or?