done cutting, mostly

All my beautiful quilt fabrics have now been reduced to this:



This is the scary part. If I cut everything correctly, these pieces will somehow be able to become a lovely quilt.   If I didn’t, then I have a big, worthless pile of tiny, expensive scraps.

I need to run out and get an additional 1/4 yard of the blue.  I am short about 4 sashing strips, even if I piece my scraps, which I am doing anyway.

The cutting directions for the sashing are a little wasteful.  I guessed at fabric quantities when buying because I am making more blocks than the pattern calls for, and I did fall a little short, but I think I would have made it if I’d cut in a different order.

The books says to cut the sashing last.   If I had cut the sashing first, I could have used the 10” strip leftover from cutting two 15” strips from a 45” width to cut the square and triangle block pieces, eliminating waste and the need to have random seams in my sashing.  I should have read the directions a little better before starting!

Btw, how awesome is rotary cutting?  This only took me a few hours to do!  I can't imagine having to do this with scissors.