Old 05-16-2010, 07:11 PM
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Prism99
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Originally Posted by smitty
I have always used 1 1/2" strips because it gives more movement to your quilt. but I have never tried different sizes in the same block---are the darks cut 1 2/2" and the
lights cut 2" ? that quilt sings ! and it is singing my song ! you always get the neatest,most precise log cabin blocks by cutting each log to size---but that is a horrible job when you start cutting boxes of strips you have carefully stacked through the years. I quickly decided to do the strip method and just be really careful with the sewing. I don't think I have ever saw an ugly log cabin !
I looked carefully at bitty's quilt. Half the blocks have the darks narrow and half the blocks have the lights narrow.

Agree with you 100% on the strip piecing!
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