karensue

I am making a queen size quilt and there is a section where I need to do about an 8 inch wide sashing in between 2 rows of piecing.
The length of this section is about 62 inches long.
Can I "safely" piece this as one long piece of material, or would it be "safer" to make it in sections?
It is a solid cream color?
Thanks
Karensue

Irishrose2

You can do as one long piece as long as you mark where the blocks need to line up. No guessing! I'd prefer that to extra seams in a solid color.

Sync

karensue, you certainly can safely piece this sashing as one long piece. When you do just remember to pin, pin, pin ..... <smile> Just like Irishrose2, I prefer the long piecing over the extra seams piecing the sashing would entail.

QuiltnNan

i agree that one piece is better than separate pieces

bearisgray

I used to draw lines across the back of the sashing strips so that I could line up the blocks.

Faintly Artistic

Starch will help a lot!

karensue

Thanks for the replies.
I will pin a lot
Last evening I spray starched the units until they were WET, and then laid them out to dry over night.
I was just afraid of the pieces being so wide and long they might bow.
Thanks again, now I can continue with this quilt knowing that others have done long and wide pieces as one unit.

thimblebug6000

Just remember that you have cut them on the length of fabric, rather than the width of fabric, so they will have less stretch in them (this is a good thing, unless you need to "fudge" a little )

madamekelly

When I have to line up blocks on either side of a sashing, I fold the sashing in half long ways, and while measuring, I make little tick marks with a light colored pen on both edges of the sashing. That way as I sew, I can line up the blocks easily using the ink tick marks.