The book 101 Fabulous Small Quilts has a pattern for a small twister type quilt and shows how to make a 3.5 inch template out of template plastic. I cut it out and then drew around it on the base quilt. Then I scissor cut out the squares and sewed them back together. I LOVE it. However, it is critical to keep organized when using a lot of colors to not have a jigsaw puzzle to put together.