I actually cut several sizes of strips. 1.5, 2.0, 2.5 & 3inches. On squares, I cut 6.5, 5.5, 4.5, 3.5 and 2.5. I cut every night for about 2 weeks. No I did not have a quilt in mind...I just cut and thought one day I would just start putting them together when I got a big stack. I have the sizes stacked in shoe boxes. I love scraps.