Great blocks!!

very clever cutting and pretty results.

WOW

Beautiful! I love using stripes and can't understand why people are afraid of them or say they don't look good in quilt blocks.

When you said there is no shortcut for this, I wasn't sure whether you were referring to the use of stripes or the block itself. Actually, there is a shortcut for the block by Eleanor Burns. The pattern is called Winning Hand. I've made two of them and they are much easier than the Card Trick method:

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-29503-1.htm

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-29504-1.htm

I believe she was referring to the use of the stripes. I saw your card trick quilts and they were beautiful! However, I couldn't figure out how you would get the square effect of the stripes using Eleanor Burns method.

Yes, I think that's probably true. But for people simply interested in the block, there is a simpler way.

Thank you. I love the idea of the border panel.

Beautiful!

This is so cool! My mom collects border prints. I will have to show her this.