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    Twiga is offline Junior Member
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    Default Adding sashing to blocks

    Hi there,

    I am making a king size quilt from charm packs. So far I have measured each block to be 9"sq and I will need 8 blocks down and wide.

    I would like to add sashing to this, but not sure what the best way of doing this. If I add sashing to each side of the block that is okay, but what about the horizontal sashing? I cannot see how you can get one long piece of fabric without cutting against the grain if you know what I mean.

    Should I just add smaller (11") sashing on the bottom of each block to seperate the rows?

    Know it is a silly question, but don't want to ruin my quilt by being silly!

    Thank you!

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    sally's Avatar sally is offline Senior Member
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    Default Re: Adding sashing to blocks

    Try this site...it might help
    www.synthcom.com/~val/Quilts/.../AddingSashing.html

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    Sewbee's Avatar Sewbee is offline Senior Member
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    Here is the active link to the site Sally listed above:

    http://www.synthcom.com/~val/Quilts/Tutorials/AddingSashing.html

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    Emmari's Avatar Emmari is offline Senior Member
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    Default Re: Adding sashing to blocks

    Thank you sewbee for that link, - I'm floored by how efficiently this can be done! I'll have to try this out.
    And thank you Twiga and Sally for starting the ball rolling...!

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    mollys learning to quilt is offline Junior Member
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    Default Re: Adding sashing to blocks

    This link makes it look so easy and very tidy

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    sally's Avatar sally is offline Senior Member
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    Thank you SewBee for fixing the link... still not the best at this computer stuff.

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    Twiga is offline Junior Member
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    Default Re: Adding sashing to blocks

    Fabulous - that answers my question. Thank you!

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