Thanks for your replies. The article was in British patchwork and quliting magazine. From what I understand from the article, the idea is to tear the fabric not cut it specifically. Then you have to design the blocks by using a newspaper and scale up the blocks ( of the articles in the newspaper) to quilt size. It is suggested that you use court house steps, post and rail and log cabin as block formations. I will try to take a breath and give it a go and post pictures sometime in the future.... wish me luck