Green - Saturday -

 

 

All of the strata are sewn - 

 

For my Upstairs/Downstairs - Christmas - GREEN - 

So the next step is to get them all cut - 

 

And for that - I use my die cutter - 

 

I have a die that will cut 5 strips at a time - 

 

And I can layer up to 10 layers of fabric - 

 

So it makes quick work of what could be a very tedious task - 

 

I don't sew the strata into tubes first because the strata lie flatter if I don't - 

And I'm less likely to get a "wonky" cut - 

 

I don't mind the "tube" sewing - it's brainless chain-piecing - and relaxing -

 

And  - it's worth it to me to not get the wonky cuts - LOL - 

So I take one strata and put it down with the selvages just PAST the last blade - 

With the seams showing which also helps it to lie flatter -

 

 

 

 

And fold it back on itself - 

 

With the fold just PAST the last blade on the left side - 

 

 

 

 

Then fold it again at the edge on the right side - 

 

So I have three layers - and will get 15 cuts - 

 

Enough for 3 blocks -

 

 

 

 

Stagger the next strata - and do the same thing - 

 

 

Load as many as I feel like - up to ten layers - 

 

I kind of over did it on this one - but it was fine - 

 

 

 

Put the plastic mat on top - 

 

 

 

And crank it through - 

 

Peel off the scrap ends - 

 

 

 

 

Roll up the "segments" -

 

 

And put them on the cookie sheet to be sorted later -

 

 

 

 

I'll do that part tomorrow - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -