I just made a chevron quilt using long cabin blocks - it is for a full size bed, two tones, I purchased 3 yards of blue and 3 yards of orange (going to be a man's Met's quilt) and 3 yards of a blue and orange batik for the borders. I made 42 blocks that are 11 1/2 inches. I have 1/4 yard of the orange and blue left, so this took a lot of fabric to make, a lot of strip to cut and piece.