wildyard

I am pretty lazy when it comes to accomplishing a time consuming project. I don't want to take shortcuts in my seams or pressing so I take them in how I make the rows and cut the borders.
I don't cut to length till I am done sewing all the fabric strips together. I like mine scrappy and not in order, colorwise, as a rule. I also prefer to vary the widths, but this method works with same width strips also.
So this is how I do it:
Gather all the strips I want to use and group by length. Sew into strip sets of 4-7 based on length, varying colors in each strip set. When all strips are sewn into sets, press well.
Layer 3-5 strip sets, longer on bottom, and cut to length you want your border. Repeat cutting until no more cuts can be made from those sets. Repeat with remaining strip sets, a few at a time, until all are cut.
Now to sew the border lengths, just randomly grab a cut strip and sew to another one, making sure they are not from the same strip set. If you get two similar too close together, flip one end to end so the colors run the other way; no one will notice they are similar. I try to alter a longer strip with a shorter strip.
Attaching a couple examples; first quilt for my DGS, Seasonal Greens; second a comfort quilt, Cheri's Awareness Quilt.