dork

Oh my goodness!

I am such a dork!!

All the efficiency techniques in the world won't help me

if I screw up on the basic math.

I often over cut for a quilt,

especially a patchwork.

I like to have plenty of options....

This quilt, though

I have thoroughly planned out.

Well, sort of...

I mean, I figured out exactly what I need, piece wise, but not where they'll go or anything...

I even drew up a fabric cutting diagram,

you know,

for efficiency...

Here, let me show you it again, bigger:

So clever.

So efficient.

Only a teensy tiny smidge of waste.

But do you see what I did?!?

Quilting cotton is roughly 42 inches.

My diagram designates that I'll cut with my fabric folded in half,

giving me roughly 21 inches.

I have 28 inches of cuts.

I am such a dork

Every single fabric I cut,

I was several pieces short.

What's especially bad:

I didn't figure out my error until I started cutting the second half of my stack

I am such a dork.

If you'll excuse me, I need to come up with a new cutting diagram.