Can I do this length for a sashing ?
I am making a queen size quilt and there is a section where I need to do about an 8 inch wide sashing in between 2 rows of piecing.
The length of this section is about 62 inches long. Can I "safely" piece this as one long piece of material, or would it be "safer" to make it in sections? It is a solid cream color? Thanks Karensue |
You can do as one long piece as long as you mark where the blocks need to line up. No guessing! I'd prefer that to extra seams in a solid color.
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karensue, you certainly can safely piece this sashing as one long piece. When you do just remember to pin, pin, pin ..... <smile> Just like Irishrose2, I prefer the long piecing over the extra seams piecing the sashing would entail.
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i agree that one piece is better than separate pieces
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I used to draw lines across the back of the sashing strips so that I could line up the blocks.
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Starch will help a lot!
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Thanks for the replies.
I will pin a lot Last evening I spray starched the units until they were WET, and then laid them out to dry over night. I was just afraid of the pieces being so wide and long they might bow. Thanks again, now I can continue with this quilt knowing that others have done long and wide pieces as one unit. |
Just remember that you have cut them on the length of fabric, rather than the width of fabric, so they will have less stretch in them (this is a good thing, unless you need to "fudge" a little :D )
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When I have to line up blocks on either side of a sashing, I fold the sashing in half long ways, and while measuring, I make little tick marks with a light colored pen on both edges of the sashing. That way as I sew, I can line up the blocks easily using the ink tick marks.
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