Thanks I love how you do your work. I'm working on a block of month that I ripped out a million times, you said ou could do this for any block size. Thats the hard part to figure out for me. My pattern says cut 1 5/8 squares. So I would cut stips at 1 5/8th or bigger? They have to measure 1 5/8 when done. Also you mean when u press the stirps the seams are open not together going one way? thanks for advice and tutorial!