Toverly--Jan quilts just with the block and the batting (batting is cut big enough for sashing too). I've done one quilt Jan's way and was able to do more quilting in each block this way than with the QAYG method I usually do. I added a border around each block, sashing on just a couple sides and then joined the quilted blocks. I used cotton batting because it works better for the quilting than poly when quilting without a backing. Here is the quilt I made...
In this quilt I added the green sashing to the right side and bottom of the first two blocks and just the bottom of the third. Just the sides on the bottom row...