Originally Posted by
Belfrybat
Great minds thinking alike! I spent a couple of hours early this morning stripping. I use a QuiltCut 2 and the cutting bar is 3", so I stripped FQs and small yardage pieces into 3" strips. The nice thing about the QC2 is I can easily cut 8 layers, so I went through one tote really fast. Only 5 totes left to go, then I'll look at the 1 yard pieces. Now I have to figure out how to store them so they don't get all wrinkled again. My iron had a real workout and she's tired.
I found this Strip Twist pattern on Quiltville, so think I'm going to start with it using 3" instead of 2-1/2" strips.
http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2005/06/strip-twist.html. I also like the 3 Dudes quilt from MSQC, but not the small blocks, so I think I'll try it with 6 strips instead of the 4 she uses.
oh now, thanks for telling us about those two patterns.
They seem to end up being very similar, I think Bonnie's blocks will come out a little larger.
And I was thinking, what if you do the strip tube (like what's needed for bargello quilts?) and make your cuts and rotate by one strip for each cut? then you wouldn't have any two blocks the same, I'm thinking.
I'm probably going to do Bonnie's Strip Twist... there's a Lot of movement in that quilt, and if I use 1 1/2 jelly rolls... or use "homemade" jelly rolls, it will just be a lot bigger.
BUT... I'm not going to do that until I get some of my UFO's done. I'm trying to Finish UFO's, not Start them, LOL!
BelfryBat, post some pics, ASAP when you use up those strips!!