Originally Posted by
Jitterbug
I 've been a quilter since the day of making templates from cardboard and using scissors, so all my quilts were done this way...including the Irish chains. Yes, it's do able, but it is more time consuming,tedious for accuracy and frankly it adds so much interest in the fabric "sparkle" when completed. Just my thoughts.
I also remember those days and totally agree with Jitterbug!! You could make your strips sets to be much shorter making the strips 10" in length thus only making four strips from a strip set that would probably never been noticed and your piecing might be more accurate.