To start this I spy quilt I was going to be washing all the fabric today, then ironing - I was going to use 5" squares, but I'm thinking that they may not all shrink the same or some may just get out of shape - so do I need to measure them all and square them up/trim them - and then possibly they may wind up being a bit smaller than 5"? I was thinking I needed to do this before I cut the sashing so I knew exactly how long to make the sashing pieces....
I was also going to put little squares at the corners (like this:
http://ny-image0.etsy.com//il_fullxfull.103085060.jpg) - so would I sew the 5" (or less) squares together with the sashing in between, and sew the horizontal sashing with the small solid squares in between - and then sew the long rows together? Or is there a better way? I do worry about one row being "off" and not lining up....