Originally Posted by sandpat
Lesley...I was dreaming about Jane last night and I was thinking that I really really want to find the right back and sashing for it so I can start the quilting on it as you've done. Then I started thinking...oh no...I've trimmed ALL my blocks/tri's to the exact right size already....I am planning to do my quilting on the machine (because of carpal tunnel) I'd love to hand quilt it, but I just don't think I could get it done....Anyway, now I'm worried about distortion of the block..or are these so small that it won't really draw it up? Did you have any problems like that?
I trimmed all my blocks to size (i.e. using the ruler) before quilting Patti, and no appreciable difference in size after quilting. I have tried to use approximately similar densities of quilting, and where possible, in similar styles to Jane's (where I could see what she had done from the book, but not always so much of it). And if you quilt (machine or hand) like I have, you can go right up to the edge of the blocks because the sashing just hides your stitching in the seam allowance.
Don't forget I haven't put the backing fabric on mine yet, in fact it's still on its way here, I only ordered it last week. I wanted mine all in one piece and I'm just going to quilt in the ditch to attach the backing to the top/batting sandwich.