Originally Posted by
NZquilter
I'm using this method currently on a baby quilt. My blocks are 12.5" unfinished, so I cut my batting and backing 12.5" . I guess I'm over quilting the blocks, because they are all about 1/4" smaller when done. Do you think that will cause a problem when I add my sashing?
Thanks for sharing your tutorial!
Hi NZ! That "shrinkage" always happens from the quilting. Once you have them all quilted, you need to settle on a size for all of the blocks and trim them the same. Once my 12.5" blocks are quilted I usually have to trim them all to 12.25". If I quilted them more heavily they may "shrink" even more. Just as long as you end up with all your blocks the same size, the sashings will work fine.