Originally Posted by ArtsyOne

I did one in various shades of pink scraps and it came out really well. There are two ways to make the French Braid - one is to use rectangles and cut off the ends when the braid is done, and the other is to use half-hexagons. I've done both, but if you're new to piecing I would choose the rectangle method so that you don't have to deal with bias edges.