There's no reason why this wouldn't work. (The pairs I'm sewing are off cuts from 2 1/2" strips, that I've sorted as I trimmed)
Originally Posted by
wildyard
Now I'm wondering whether this would translate into something doable if one just sewed random scrap strips together, keeping lights and darks separate... then cut the paired strips into 2.5" lengths. Or even, a little bigger if your pairs of strips were wider than 1.5". I'm going to be up tonight thinking this out lol.