Wow! Busy quilters. I have enjoyed reading your responses. I have decided to not cut into the 2 yard pieces based on some of the suggestions received. However everything under 2yds gets the blade. I have found if I don't cut something up - it doesn't get used. It sits there waiting for some quilt somewhere in time and is not being much help for me today. Yard work gets an hour or two of my time, housework gets an hour, meals maybe and hour. Quilting gets the rest. Well not quite, I have a large family lots of grandkids and a husband so there ya go. But today, I'm cutting fabric.