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    GuitarGramma's Avatar GuitarGramma is offline Senior Member
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    I'm formulating an idea for the 12 blocks I have from a 2005 Block of the Month club. The theme was Asian, and my plan was to sash the blocks in black fabric and add borders.

    Here's the thing: Back in 2005, I didn't know that you need to use scant 1/4" seams, I didn't know that you need to measure each micro block as you sew them together into the main block, oh there were all sorts of things I didn't know. The result is that my 12 blocks are not all 12-1/2 by 12-1/2.

    Sew ... I was going to add a thin black border to each block and then trim them all to 13 by 13 before adding my 2-inch sashing. But our dear Jenny has taught me to always look for the easy way to accomplish things, so I came up with a new idea.

    What if I put a black border around each block, making them each 14-1/2 by 14-1/2? Then I'd just sew them all together and they'd looked sashed.

    What do you think? Will that work? Am I missing anything? I look forward to hearing your advice.
    Last edited by GuitarGramma; January 7th, 2014 at 11:57 PM.
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