i am showing a picture of one of the projects from "not your grandmother's flower garden...i don't know why you had a lot of waste??? i have been doing these for years, use up lots of little pieces and have literally no waste; so i'm kind of puzzled...of course i have not actually read the getting started part, maybe they tell you to do something that winds up being wasteful? i do like doing the tumbling blocks too but the flower blocks are so fun :-D
maybe i could help you figure out how to do these without the waste?
not your grandmother's flower garden
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