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Originally Posted by Jan in VA
(Post 5510569)
I sash individual blocks
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I add sashing to the bottom of each block then match up the rows with long strips like this:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]362483[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]362484[/ATTACH] Just line up the bottom sashing from the next row with the chalk marks. I like cornerstones but can't always make them square! |
Thank you for all the great information! I think I will do much better on my next sashed quilt.
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Originally Posted by GrammaPatches
(Post 5512756)
Thank you for all the great information! I think I will do much better on my next sashed quilt.
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Attaching sashings
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Originally Posted by hevemi
(Post 5511098)
This quilt-along shows very good instructions for sashing
http://www.ohfransson.com/oh_fransso...quilt-top.html |
I always mark mine as suggested before and it always works.
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I usually use conerstones as they keep me in proper alignment. Usually, I make them a part of the pattern. If, for example, your blocks are 12.5" raw size, cutting your sashing strips to 12.5" makes sure you set things up right. Sometimes I get compulsive about it and make stars around the cornerstones. Most often they are small variable stars, not the friendship stars I used here. After 11 years of quilting, when I made a quilt this spring without cornerstones, I was surprised to fins that some of my blocks were not aligned right...time for appliques.
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Originally Posted by Prism99
(Post 5510374)
Create your horizontal rows. Attach a long sashing strip to the bottom of the first row. Iron, then turn it over to the wrong side. Use a pencil and ruler to mark the seam lines into the sashing strip. These become the sashing's "virtual" seam lines. When you attach the next row to this sashing strip, first match up and pin each seam to the marked line in the sashing strip. As you sew, ease or stretch the blocks as necessary to make sure the seams are lined up with the markings. This ensures that the rows line up when you are done.
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Originally Posted by Jan in VA
(Post 5510569)
I sash individual blocks --- leave some plain as you'll sash only one, two or three sides of those -- and use cornerstones. I prefer*not* to use long strips of sashing as I feel it sort of throws off the evenness of the piecing, sort of like leaving some areas unquilted and other areas densely quilted.
Jan in VA |
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