All pressed -

 

 

My Upstairs/Downstairs - Christmas Colors -

 

Strata are all pressed - 

 

 

And cut - 

 

The "left-overs" are in the basket to the right - 

 

The cut segments all ready for the next step - 

Which for me - is to sew the "tubes" - ;))

I know most people sew the strata into a "tube" and THEN cut it - 

But I fan-fold each strata in thirds on my strip die cutter - 

And they lie much flatter for me if I don't sew them into "tubes" first - 

 

I can stagger the strata seam lines and cut several strata at a time - 

 

The trade-off is that then I have to sew the "tubes" individually - 

 

But that's some no-brainer chain-piecing - so I don't mind - ;))

 

After I cut them - I sorted them into eight piles -

The same original 8 combinations - 30 segments per pile -

 

And peeled off the top 6 - in each pile - and "reversed" them - 

They will be the "first" column/segment for the 6 blocks - 

Since they are already "un-sewn" at the right spot - LOL - 

 

Tomorrow I'll chain-piece the other 24 segments in each set -

One right after the other - keeping each "set" separate - 

Then I can do the "un-sewing" part - 

 

That's always FUN for me - 

 

I like seeing how the blocks will come together - ;))

 

Stay tuned - 

 

Even though I used my "magic formula" - 

 

I'm never quite sure how these will come out - 

 

Sometimes it's a little bit of a surprise - LOL - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -