Originally Posted by
bkay
The pattern instructions are to cut all fabrics into 6.5 X 3.5 bricks and then assemble into vertical strips, offsetting each strip by 1/2 a block.
Is there any reason I can't make strip sets and cut into 3.5 inch strips? (Most all the fabric I have is fat quarters.) By reversing the strips and mixing them up, wouldn't you get a good mix? (Maybe I didn't say that right. I hope you understand what I mean.) It seems like it would be easier and more consistent.
Depending on what I find, I was planning on buying "grunge" type fabrics. My favorite outlet had some Timeless Treasures flannel when I was there last. It was great fabric. It's a drive over there, though. Their minimum cut is a yard, and I don't have plans to make any more flannel quilts so I'll end up with flannel scraps.
bkay
When looking at the picture of the pattern I believe the instructions are incorrect and that you should be assembling in horizontal strips (take each 6.5 x 3.5 "brick" and sew them on the 3.5" side to create a long row of bricks. each row will measure 3.5" high by however long you decide to make it, determined by how many bricks you put in each row) and offset each horizontal strip by half a block when you join your assembled rows. If you make strip sets and then cut them you will lose the stacked brick look and will end up with a look similar to chinese coins.