Originally Posted by
Queenbarbiej
So far I have 50 blocks done. I had bought a jelly roll awhile back. I opened it to use a few of the strips. Some of my stripes had a curve in them where the fabric was folded in half. Then I had some that seemed that they were cut on the bias. The bias ones I did not use for the swap blocks. I will use those for extra blocks for my quilt. Hopefully next weekend I will have all 100 blocks done.
For only one 2 1/2" in a 6" block, it seems fine to use the bias cut strips. After all, if it's a scrappy situation, often to get a square cut out of a small scrap you cannot be choosy about the direction of the grain.