Originally Posted by
patdesign
Lets talk percentages, if you add 1/2 inch (the bare minimum) to all 4 sides of a 2 inch square, you are wasting 1inch of fabric on a 2 inch square. Doesnt sound like much until you start adding up for a big quilt. I found I was using 25% more fabric as a rule, and on expensive fabric, that is way too much.
Lets face it there is always a waste when cutting fabric; between squaring up the fabric, etc. There are ways to lay the fabric to minimize the waste. Accuquilt has even started making the dies two tone to help with this and it saves from having to draw aroung the shape with a sharpie to see it better.