Originally Posted by sandpat
I'm quilting with just the batting on them Lesley, but I was thinking the the quilting stitches that are too close to the edge will block me from adding the sashing correctly. Don't you attach the sashing just to the block itself? You didn't sew the batting into the seam too...did you??
Yes I did, Patti. I had the sashing on the top of the block, and stitched through block and backing. Then I did the same and sewed on the next block. Now I had one layer of fabric sashing between the two blocks. When you turn that over, the two layers of batting are fighting with each other. All you have to do is trim them so they are butted up to each other, and I then oversewed them together. When I quilted the sashing, I did two rows of stitching in my three quarter in sashing, so I really didn't actually need to sew that batting together on the back.
Have another look on page 214, and you will perhaps be able to see that a bit better now.
back, showing two rows of quilting in the sashing
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