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Actually I seem to remember doing that once or twice and avoiding having the left over end squares. But mostly I was concentrating on trying to get the edges as perfect as possible - putty-filling the imperfections was an eye-strain and headache inducing pain!

From: The Art and Practice of Marquetry, by William Alexander Lincoln, Thanes and Hudson, 1974 (reprint)

There is a very clear description with diagrams in a book on marquetry that I am having trouble finding, I will keep looking and when found post the page. I had no particular problems following the method, but rather than cutting blocks I used iron-on veneer that I got in white-oak and walnut...