Any tips for adding sashing and cornerstones?
 

Hi Everyone,

Quick couple of questions-- I've decided at the 11th hour to add sashing and cornerstones to my pinwheels. I think I'm going to add them to each individual block, rather than sew them on in strips, so that I can get nice, crisp corners.

Originally, I had planned for just plain 2 inch sashing (1.5 finished, no cornerstones). My pinwheel blocks are 5 inch squares. What proportion would you use for the sashing & cornerstones? I feel like a finished size of 1.5 inches will be too small. What do you think??

Secondly, do you have any tips about constructing the sashing and cornerstones so that everything goes together very accurately? I almost tossed out the idea of adding cornerstones because I am worried that the cornerstones will be ever so slightly off, which would bug me!

Thanks so much!!
Ally

If you squared the blocks then you can cut all the sashing to the size of the blocks. I believe 1.5" finished would be a good size for a 5" block. Anything larger could be overpowering. I generally sew the sashing to the side pieces. Then I make a row of sashing pieces alternating with corner stones. I press the sashing and corner stones so they nest. I pin the sashing row to the block row, one by one.

I do the same as MadQuilter.

Me too, I find it easier.

I agree with all above. 1 1/2" finish is a good proportion- larger would over power, smaller is more difficult to work with.

I do what MadQuilter does with the sashing and cornerstones. I also do a lot of pinning when sewing the sashing strips with the cornerstones on the bottom of the row. Also, 1.5" strips are a great size for the size of your blocks. Can't wait to see how it comes out

Are your blocks actually 5" or is the pin wheel comprised of four 5" blocks so the finished pinwheel is actually going to be 10"? I'm asking because 1.5" sashing on a 5" block sounds just about right to me, but might be a bit narrow for a 10" block.

I have always found that the long strip works best because you can control in which direction to press the seams. Nested seams means a flatter quilt.

Ok! Good tips!! Thank you!! The blocks are a total of 5 inches after squaring up. So I'll stick with my original sashing size (which is great because the dimensions of the quilt won't change. )

Thanks again, I'll post some pics later.

Here's a QB posting from a couple of years ago, with an illustration:

http://www.quiltingboard.com/tutoria...s-t182922.html

And, here is one I have in my files, copied several years ago:

http://www.synthcom.com/~val/Quilts/Tutorials/AddingSashing.html