And now all your Blocks are made and that means it is time to start putting them together, but first, we are going to need some more of those Low Volume Background strips!!
Cutting Background Strips
Start by pressing all of your Low Volume Background pieces. I like to stack up 3 strips on top of one another, trim the selvages, and then cut as many 1 1/2" strips as I can. If you cut super straight, you can get 2 strips from each fabric pieces.
From the Low Volume Strips sent with your Month #7 package, cut the fabrics according to page 2 of the supplemental cutting list.
Just like Month 1 & Month 4, There is no right or wrong order to number your strips, you can do your low volume strips in any order you like.
Also, most importantly, once you have cut all the pieces from one fabric, take care to keep them together and marked with the Number of that vertical row/fabric. You are cutting the strips for Month 7, 8 and 9 so you will be keeping these grouped and marked for some time.
Background Strips for Grey Holes - And some more cutting. Here is what you need to cut and group with the fabrics above to continue "piecing" the Grey Holes from the low volume strips like we did in Month 1-3 and Month 4-6.
Fabric 43 - (1) 1 1/2" x 2 1/2"
Fabric 44 - (1) 1 1/2" x 2 1/2"
Fabric 45 - (1) 1 1/2" x 2 1/2"
Fabric 46 - (1) 1 1/2" x 2 1/2"
Fabric 47 - (1) 1 1/2" x 2 1/2"
Fabric 48 - (1) 1 1/2" x 2 1/2"
Fabric 49 - (1) 1 1/2" x 2 1/2"
Fabric 50 - (1) 1 1/2" x 2 1/2"
Grey Holes VS Gold Fillers - And Finally, some of the Grey Holes you will be sent the Gold filler fabrics for. By now, you have most likely chosen if you want to use the Gold Fabrics, or continue piecing the fillers. If you want to continue piecing the fillers, you will need to add the following to your first group of background strips.
Fabric 35 - (1) 1 1/2" x 2 1/2"
Fabric 36 - (1) 1 1/2" x 2 1/2"
Fabric 37 - (1) 1 1/2" x 2 1/2"
Fabric 38 - (1) 1 1/2" x 2 1/2"
Fabric 43 - (1) 1 1/2" x 2 1/2"
Fabric 44 - (1) 1 1/2" x 2 1/2"
Fabric 45 - (2) 1 1/2" x 2 1/2" and (1) 1 1/2" x 4 1/2"
Fabric 46 - (2) 1 1/2" x 2 1/2" and (1) 1 1/2"x 4 1/2"
Fabric 47 - (1) 1 1/2" x 2 1/2"
Fabric 48 - (1) 1 1/2" x 2 1/2"
Fabric 49 - (1) 1 1/2" x 4 1/2"
Fabric 50 - (1) 1 1/2" x 4 1/2"
And now with all your Background Pieces cut, you can start . . .