Originally Posted by PaperPrincess
you can pretty much cut the squares any size you want. I've seen them any where from 4" to about 10" (so 4 2 inch blocks or 4 5 inch blocks + seam allowances) You can let the size of the repeat be your guide.
Often the blocks are fussy cut to get the showiest squares, so you are going to have some wasted fabric. I would take a couple of mirrors, tape them to make a hinge and audition the fabric with the mirrors.
Hmmm, not much concrete advice ;-)
There's no need to fussy cut for a 4PP. You'll only waste fabric and part of the beauty of this technique is the random kaleidoscope patterns you create.
The longer your repeat the more blocks you will have that will be different. The closer the fewer. Though you can use more than one set of repeats. If so, just cut an inch off before you start the the next slice and set so you and don't have the new stack identical to the first.
And of course, you need to consider how large you want your quilt ... bed size? wall hanging? small table topper.
Generally the larger your print the larger you might cut your blocks.
The one I did didn't have a very large print so I cut my blocks 3-1/2" which made 4-1/2" unfinished 4PP blocks to work with.
I bought a Fat Quarter the other day ... and it has 4 repeats within it. I've been eyeing it up and thinking I just may stack it up and make a few 4PP and then do something with them!