Originally Posted by
Prism99
Edit: The pencil lines replace the seam lines created by cornerstones. Cornerstones are another way to get blocks to line up correctly, but they do change the look of the quilt. When you just want sashing, the pencil method is the way to go.
This is very true. I made several scrappy 9 patch quilts using simple sashing. I've got another one put together, but this time using sashing and cornerstones, and I think when it's all said and done, I'm not going to like it quite as much as the unbroken line of color of simple sashing.