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Strip Sashing Made Easy!

All 12 blocks are made, and it's time for the home stretch.  So let's start!  Our strip sashing is made with 2 fabrics, and in this lesson, we'll call them "Fabric 1" (orange) and "Fabric 2" (green).

From Fabric 1, cut 22 strips 1-1/2" x the width of your fabric (WOF), which will be approximately 42"-44" or so. (Remember how to cut the WOF? Fold your fabric with the selvage edges together). From Fabric 2, cut 11 strips 1-1/2" x WOF. Now, using 2 strips of Fabric 1 and 1 strip of Fabric 2, construct 11 strip sets that look like this:

To make your first pieces of sashing, cut the strip sets you just made into 31 segments that are 12-1/2" long and set them aside.  SAVE the rest of your strip sets!





The easiest way to complete the next step is to lay your 12 quilt blocks out in the order in which you want them to appear in your finished quilt.  Now sew one of your 12-1/2" segments to the RIGHT side of each of your 12 blocks, leaving your blocks set out in order.  Now go back and sew a 12-1/2" segment to the LEFT side of each of the blocks in vertical row 1 of your layout, or the "left row" (confused? Go back and look at the pictures in the instructions I gave you in class).  Now join your blocks (and sashing strips) to make 4 horizontal rows.

Now lets make some 9-patch "cornerstones," the little squares that will go in between the sashing strips you made to make the long sashing in between your horizontal rows.  From Fabric 2, cut 4 strips 1-1/2" x WOF.  From Fabric 1, cut 2 strips 1-1/2" x WOF.  Using 2 strips of Fabric 2 and 1 strip of fabric 1, make 2 strip sets that look like this:

Cut these strip sets into 40 small 1-1/2" segments:

Remember the strip sets you saved earlier, the sets you made with 2 strips of Fabric 1 and 1 strip of Fabric 2? Using those strips, cut 20 small 1-1/2" segments:

Ready to make cornerstones? Using your small segments, create 20 cornerstones that look like this:

Now create 5 long sashing strips consisting of a cornerstone, a 12-1/2" sashing strip, a cornerstone, a 12-1/2" sashing strip, another cornerstone, another sashing strip, and finishing with a cornerstone.  These long sashing strips will go in between your horizontal rows and on the top and bottom of your quilt top and it will look like this:

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Class Three--Hard at Work!

This is what the class looks like from the teacher's table.  Scary, huh??

Miranda and Karen concentrating so hard!

Jill pressing her pieces into submission.

Pretty sure Bernice is trying to figure out how to steal Kay's green block.

The table with the prettiest cutting mats!