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Can't get easier than a Rail Fence pattern.

Just FYI - the measurements of one rail in a two rail block is L=2xW FINISHED.
So FINISHED 2"x4" or 1.5" x 3" rails (which translates into cutting measurements of 2.5"x4.5" or 2"x3.5" UNFINISHED).
Two rails together create square blocks that are UNFINSHED at 4.5" or 3.5", FINISHED at 4" or 3").

And if you have some smaller scraps that are the same value and want to get rid of them as well, you can certainly sew them together to make one rail.

There are a lot of lessons in that picture you linked to - you can see some sections where the zig-zag is very prominent, and others where ....not so much.....where there's the mush..... because the contrast between the two is so low.

Here's another interesting quilt that was posted on the board yesterday by JudyMN -
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...t-t211786.html
Instead of going by value, she sorted her fabrics into cool and warm color groups.
Even though there are darks and lights within each group, it still works.


Have fun!