I spent a couple of hours this week working on my Jaybird Quilts Seaside table runner. I've used the Super Sidekick Ruler many times over the years and have occasionally found it tedious (truth be told, there are times I find ALL cutting tedious), so I was a little apprehensive about starting.

I was pleasantly surprised this time when the cutting felt like it was a breeze. I'm not sure if it was because this was the first time I was starting with 2.5" strips that I cut myself instead of fiddling with a jelly roll or just excited to be working on the project, but the cutting seemed to go quickly. I did break it up into chunks, so I'm sure that helped as well.

I know that some people found the Super Sidekick a little cumbersome for the smaller diamonds, but I think my familiarity with the ruler helped. The only issue I had was picking it back up off the mat to move it, but that has nothing to do with the ruler.

In her video on cutting, Julie recommended trimming off the points for best piecing results. I know that I'm not great at estimating what 1/4" looks like, so I trimmed mine and got a little pile of cute confetti in the process. While I won't be using this for anything, it was still fun to play with.

I've laid out my diamonds and will spend the next couple days making sure I like the layout, and there aren't any prints next to each other that I don't want next to each other.