Adding sashing to blocks

[Twiga]

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!

[sally]

Re: Adding sashing to blocks

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

[Sewbee]

Re: Adding sashing to blocks

Here is the active link to the site Sally listed above:

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

[Emmari]

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...!

Hugs from Eva Mari

[mollys learning to quilt]

Re: Adding sashing to blocks

This link makes it look so easy and very tidy

[sally]

Re: Adding sashing to blocks

Thank you SewBee for fixing the link... still not the best at this computer stuff.

[Twiga]

Re: Adding sashing to blocks

Fabulous - that answers my question. Thank you!