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Directions:

1. Gather all of your strips.
   If you need more, cut them from your fabric scraps.
2. Enjoy looking through them.
   While you do, decide whether you would like a planned pattern or a very scrappy look.
3. For a planned pattern, choose the combinations of fabrics you would like to use and set them together beside your machine.
4. For a scrappy look, simply choose fabric strips randomly as you sew.
   It helps to place all of your strips in a bag and without looking, pull out a strip as you need it.
5. The block size you choose will depend upon the length of your strips. For example, the finished size of the ones above is 4 inches square, so  those strips were sewn together till they were 4 1/2 inches wide (to include 1/4 inch seam allowances) or, preferably, a little larger to allow for squaring and trimming.
   Alternately you can sew long lengths of strips together to the desired width, then cut them to the desired size to make either squares or rectangles.
6. After sewing up all of your strips, trim them to your chosen size.
7. Spread out your squares and play with arranging them until you find the effect and arrangement you like best. 
8. Sew the squares together in pairs, alternating the direction of the stripes.
9. Sew a third square to each pair, alternating stripe directions.
10. Continue adding squares until you have the row size you need.
11. Sew the rows together. If the quilt is not the size you want, wait till you have more scrap strips from future projects and add to it.
12. When the quilt has reached the desired size, make a quilt sandwich. Place the backing (which can also be made from larger scrap fabrics) wrong side up. Place the batting over it. Place the quilt top, right side up, over the batting. Pin baste, hand baste, or machine baste the three layers together.
13. Hand or machine quilt your sandwich - stitch in the ditch, sew a diagonal grid, stipple, meander, doodle, or anything your heart desires. This is a good place to practice a quilting stitch of your choice.
14. Sew a binding to the quilt.
15. Make a label for your quilt and sew it to the back.
    

Copyright:

• Permission is granted to make up to 10 quilts from each pattern for sales purposes.
• For numbers exceeding 10, contact us for permission and details.
• You are free to make as many as you like for yourself and to give as gifts, and place in shows.
• Please remember to add the designer, Maria Michaels Designs, to your quilt label.
  

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