I need to read all instructions first. After cutting out over 120 rectangles 4 1/2 x 2 and 4 1/2 by 1 1/4 I could have sewn the strips together and then cut my 2 in and then the 1and 1/4th ones. Much faster then cutting separate and then sewing all those little rectangles back together. the third set of 4 blocks. It took the first block before I remembered to sew my strips together and then cut.