Mary, we quilters want to save as much fabric as possible, cause we love it sooo much...do as norah says except you can fold it, just like the fabric store did when they cut it, cut your squares away from the folded edge, this will leave you fabric to work with in the future. did you understand this? You can zig zag ends if you like, I NEVER DO, doesn't seem to make that much difference to the fabric to put in all that extra work, at least for me.