Preparations Make sure you have all the basic equipment for patchwork assembled and in working order. New blade on rotary cutter. Check. Machine threaded. Check. Here are some organisational hints from the 2016 group: Where Do We Begin? We begin at the first dark border of our quilt. It’s made of 3″ blocks. These are the blocks we will make during January – March. There are 96 of them! I hope this gives you an indication of where the current set of blocks are placed in the overall scheme, and