Having been given a jelly roll and a quilting book for Christmas 2010, there is no excuse not to get on with quiltmaking.

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Monday 2 January 2012

Sashing Strips and A Bit More Maths

I've put the centre sashing strips in Mum's Quilt this evening - and I'm delighted with how the red fabric brings the strips of nine patch blocks out.

I'm also very pleased that when I measured the block strips to cut the sashing, I was only ⅛" inch short of what the measurement should be in theory if you were really accurate with your seam work - i.e. the strip should have been 51 ½" and mine was 51 ⅜".

I have a tendency to over-egg my seam allowances a little so my blocks come out slightly small (these were pretty much ⅛" short over each 9" unfinished block) - something which I must work harder at - so I sewed very scant seems whilst putting the blocks together and this has paid off.

Ha!

6 comments:

  1. Doesn't that red just make the blocks look wonderful? It's going to be a gorgeous quilt.

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  2. Wow, you're really steaming along with this quilt, it's looking gorgeous. The red makes it sing.

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  3. just keeps looking nicer and nicer!

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  4. The red works really good. Great job so far. I'd so glad it's working out for you!

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  5. Thank you for your kind comments, girls! :-)

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