more concise starter directions for the 3 strands

i have had more than 50 requests for the pattern already....hip hip hooray!!! i am working on making a concise intro and instructions to put with the excel file that i am trying to convert to a pdf. as one of the wise women on quiltville suggested i should place it in the files there so that i won't have to send it out to the multitudes individually. i think i like that idea :o)
if anyone wants a head start on the gathering or cutting of squares here are the beginnings of my info....

in simple directions, you are just sewing squares together. you follow a chart for placement. you can break the chart up in any way that is useful to you. for me, dividing it in chunks and making 9 ptaches was easy. but, work what is best for you. you will not want to go bigger than a 2 1/2 in. square. the quilt measures 43 squares by 43 squares. easy to decide how big you want your quilt. mini's done in this for a large wall hanging are stunning done with 1 1/2 or 1 1/4 squares.


anyway, decide your background and also 3 colors for the cords. i did a yardage piece of one black fabric, the one that used the most , and scrappy purples, and greens for the other two. and my background was scrappy white on whites all cut at 2 1/2 inches. this new one i am doing, i purchased all new fabric and it is not scrappy at all. to figure my need of fabric, i decided on my size of block (2 1/2 in.) and divided my width of fabric (i think i got 16??)and then divided the needed number of that color (see below) by 16, and that told me how many rows i needed to cut....so, then i took the amount of rows i needed to cut and multiplied it by 2 1/2 inches to get how much yardage i needed to buy, adding a bit for shrinkage and allowing for needing a few more squares in case i lost any LOL

you will need:
cord A: 355

cord B: 302

cord C: 302

background 890
 
for a total of 1,849 squares.
 
 if you want to add borders later, let your quilt top speak to you. or, if you are using a focus fabric for your cord A, smallish print, and want to use it for your borders, then i would advise getting the border fabric NOW coz you know it will be sold out when you want it later LOL