That's way lotta snipping!!! I'm inspired by your great looking quilt. I've a box under my sewing table of cut up jeans waiting -- collected from a nonprofit thrift store I volunteered at over the years...every color of the rainbow. Dreaming big right now. Lord willing these arthritic fingers and my good right arm (Bernina 950, bless her purring little engine) there just may be a new 'rag' at the lake this summer. Oh, here's a great tip: when you cut up jeans snip close to the stitching lines on the legs (don't cut thru the stitches), save the strips - when you get a box full grab some fabric glue and roll them into disks - secure with wide rubber bands and set aside to dry--this may take a week or two-- great coasters! All the best from a fellow 'lurker'.