I am trying to throw together this crib quilt...and having way more trouble than I imagined.
I've never used this sort of sewing everything into strips and then cutting it technique. Plus, sewing with Flannel in Florida in June is, well...sticky!
Since the strips will end up being cut into smaller pieces to make the 9 patch block, do you all think it would be alright to make them shorter than Selvage to selvage (selvage to selvage on the material I have is very long...and for me, the longer pieces are hard to manage without getting off track.
I'm thinking like 12 inches long, the squares are then supposed to be two inches so I could make 6 strips from each one.
I know this is a really newbie sort of thing, but I am really getting tangled up in the strips and laughing because the pattern said "EASY" on it. I almost would rather cut up 200 little 2 inch squares and sew them together. BUT, I think I should try to learn the strip technique, because if I can master it, I think it would make some things easier...in the future...
Thanks! for any help advice you can offer.