Irishrose can you reinforce the edges and use a 1/8 inch seam instead of the 1/4 inch seam to sew it to the next block or sashing?
I spent yesterday drafting pieced alphabet letters. I was inspired by the tween quilt that Emeliasnana made for her DGD. (It's over in Pictures. Don't know how to link it. Sorry) My oldest DGD will be 12 in January and really needs a new quilt. My DGD decided that she would like words using the letters of her name instead of exactly like Emeliasnana's quilt. The words will go down the center of the quilt. I am planning to used different scrappy blocks to finish off each row. I have 10 rows of 8 inch blocks to play with--stars with 16 patch centers, log cabin, flying geese...this is going to be so much fun--and probably a lot of work--but she is worth it!