Originally Posted by lclang
Originally Posted by CoventryUK
What width did you cut your strips???? You do know that scraps multiply when you're not looking don't you???? LOL!!
I have a lot of strips and strings. As long as they are reasonably straight, I use them as they are. They are different widths and they work fine. I am making the telephone book blocks. You cut pages out of a telephone book into 8 inch squares (or whatever you wish) and then piece your strips on the papers. I like to sew them together into a quilt top before I spray with water and remove the paper because some of the strips are on the bias but when they are sewn to another fabric they won't stretch. I also have some "glitzy" cottons and some with metallic trim and I use only one strip of that in a block because I don't have a lot of it. It really spices up the block.These blocks are addictive and I really enjoy them.
Second quilt I ever made was string blocks but I didn't know it then. I was just winging it. I used paper for my backing. maybe that's why I love PP so much.