Sashing strips
 

Is it allowable to piece sashing strips? This is for a baby quilt....which is 45 inches wide and my fabric is 44 inches wide. Go figure, right? I don't think the baby will mind, but I don't want to do it if it really shouldn't be done. Thanks for your expert advise!

Yes, sometimes you have to. Usually when you are done, it isn't even noticeable unless you use a plaid or graphic type print.

Thanks! THat makes me feel better. It is solid black sashing so maybe will not be very noticeable.

I was told to do a 45 degree seam when needing to piece sashing. I guess it's easier on the eye for the transition. I've done it both ways and do like the angled seam better.

The 45 degree seam also reduces the bulk. Instead of having doubled fabric at the same point on the perimeter it's a little spread out on opposite sides of the quilt.

If possible, I would not seam it together 1" from the edge. If you have enough fabric, I'd probably add on 6.5" and trim -- seaming at a 45 degree angle. It will be much less noticeable than trying to add on multiple seams that are all close to the border. Also, I would alternate whether the short piece is on the right or left side of the quilt to again trick the eye into overlooking it. Of course, as you said, Baby really isn't going to care even if it's seamed on SOG right at the edge.

I would probably try to seam it where a cornerstone would go, if you were using cornerstones. I think it would be less noticeable that way.

How about using sashing with corner stones instead of a long strip?

I would either use corner stones to avoid this problem. If you don't want to do this I would make sure the diagonal seams appear in different places in the long strip it would be less noticeable.

Sometimes I do. It's no different from doing it on larger quilts to me.