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05-03-2023, 11:25 AM

ktbb

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I'm at a loss for a word

what do we call the strips of fabric we use to increase the size of a block to make it equal to a larger one? I'm stuck on "sashing" which is not what I'm talking about! BTW - if you go to Webster's on-line thesaurus it doesn't recognize the word "sashing"!

05-03-2023, 11:28 AM

rryder

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I've always referred to them as "fill strips".

Rob

05-03-2023, 11:46 AM

sewbizgirl

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Filler? Extender? I don't know of any official term for this.

05-03-2023, 11:47 AM

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Patchwork??

05-03-2023, 12:30 PM

cjsews

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I would call them border strips for each
block

05-03-2023, 12:36 PM

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I would call them sashing strips for the block or border strips for the block.

05-03-2023, 12:45 PM

bearisgray

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filler strips?

05-03-2023, 01:04 PM

ktbb

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thanks - good ideas but not the word I think I remember hearing...but what does memory really mean at my age?!?!?!

05-03-2023, 02:11 PM

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Framing strips maybe? And at our age, memory means one can remember how to get home from the LQS--or at least close enough to recognize the neighbourhood