What are you doing with your binding strips?

 I have saved binding strips for a long time thinking one day I would make a jelly roll quilt.  It has never happened.  It never will.  Soooo

I designed a quilt on EQ that will use up the ones I like.  If it wasn't a strip I made it one to fill in the places I didn't have fabric for.

Here is the block with the cutting.  As my strips were already cut 2 1/2" I just had to do the subcutting.

I made the same mistake sewing these together twice.  I finally got my brain in gear so the pictures are right.  Sew your first 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" squares together.  

As I wanted the white fabric on the outside edge (it's all up to you what you do), I placed the 2 1/2" x 4 1/2" piece across the top of the first section.

Then I started number 3 colour. I had to swing this around, so I kept going in the right direction.  For me it was the top and then the right side.

and finally they were all done.  I had pre-cut so the sewing went quickly and I pressed each seam after I had sewn it down.  The block is 

12 1/2" x 12 1/2" unfinished.   

If you make all four at the same time, it is a bit faster to make.  What did I do?  Tomorrow!