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Old 02-10-2009, 07:25 AM
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pittsburgpam
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I already bought a Civil War repro set of 31 FQs for it. I cut all of the strips for strip piecing and I have 1/3 of it sewn into blocks. The other 1/3 stays as single strips and I am cutting the last 24 pieced strips into sections to sew into blocks. I think there is going to be a lot left over actually. I have gone over and over it, started laying them out on a bed, and I can't figure out why there seems to be so much left when I am using 1 less FQ than the pattern calls for.

I will see in the next day or so when I get the strips cut. I starting cutting just two sections off each strip when I saw it was too much.. The first 10 stips I did made 5 sections EACH and there are only 42 sections of that part in the whole quilt!

I just might be making another small one for my grandson. I'll post a pic of it laid out before sewing.
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