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Old 06-18-2011, 08:17 AM
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Rhonda
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Originally Posted by cherylmae
Thank You for this, never thought of just cutting blocks out of these sets. I made foundation quilt blocks from left over strips and took all my extra blocks and made granddaugters quilts. Here's one!
Originally Posted by Rhonda
I used to sell my small gift items to a local gift shop. My best sellers were hotpads and bookmarks and coin purses.

One of my favorite resources is to sew strips into sets that would make good borders or other uses. These strip sets are very versatile and are good to have on hand to pull out and use whenever needed.

Here I am going to show you how I use strips.

Now you may see stuff you already know how to do but I hope I can inspire someone to try my easy way to use strips.
Very pretty quilt! A good way to use up scraps too.
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