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Old 08-10-2011, 05:55 PM
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charity-crafter
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Originally Posted by charity-crafter
Originally Posted by quiltmouse
could you elaborate?
My strips are all different lengths. I sew the strips that are ~ the same length roughly until I have ~13" wide strip set. If my strips are not ~12.5-13" long, I only make 10.5-11" wide strip sets.
I do something like this for my smaller strip sets
[ATTACH=CONFIG]239798[/ATTACH]

These are my 3 main piles of sets
[ATTACH=CONFIG]239799[/ATTACH]

when I trim the 4.5 set, I save the cut off pieces to be used again for the next set of strips
[ATTACH=CONFIG]239800[/ATTACH]

This where I try to get as many 12.5 squares from a strip set
[ATTACH=CONFIG]239808[/ATTACH]

and then the 4.5 and 2-2.5 strips
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this is the scrappy pin wheel type block I was trying to explain. I haven't finished sewing it yet.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]239810[/ATTACH]
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