Cutting Day

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I spent yesterday cutting away on my 2.5" strips. Here is what I started with:

May not look like much, but it was a lot. From left to right, the bins are holding bricks, short strips, and the last two are WOF strips with the last bin double-layered. Behind me as I took this picture is another table with more WOF strips. So I began cutting, and cutting, and cutting. I decided to piece a unit/block of each:

 Boxy Stars!

 Oklahoma Backroads!

 Nine Patch Split!

 Didn't make a sample of Strip Twist (3rd bin in first picture). When I got to the last bin, I saw lots of blue, so back to the patterns I went. I found

 My Blue Heaven!

and began to cut for that. When I stopped, I had this:

Three bins gone!! Again, doesn't look like much, but to the left are bins with 2.5" squares. All patterns are free from Bonnie Hunter at http://quiltville.blogspot.com/p/free-patterns.html. There is so much more to be cut. I am determined to get these kitted before leaving for a road trip next week. First stop will be Road to California. I'm thinking about buying these:

Rulers! From their web-site (blocloc.com/index.html) : "Bloc_Loc™ is a revolutionary new channel technology to allow you to accurately "square-up" a half square triangle block while eliminating slipping and ruler rock completely." Of course, if I would cut and sew accurately, these wouldn't be needed. But Bonnie Hunter I am not!

Meeting friends for lunch today, so may not get much cutting done. We shall see. Have a good day, everyone!

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