success!

AHA!    those mocking fabric strips met their match!  finally got all 16 sets done!  and then I dove straight into cutting!  I laid out the sets in an easy to reach spot (well...the ironing board has to have some purpose...right?)

checked the instructions at PS I Quilt (who's Postage Stamp Tutorial I am using for this quilt)...again...so happy to have my iPad...and got to cutting! (and cutting...and cutting some more)

Before too long I ended up with this:

which meant success with this:

WOOOHOOO!  Now...off to start piecing the strips into blocks!