Yes that is the sashing, I didn't know that last year either! LOL It is SO easy and so much fun!

The sashing ends up being 1 inch wide and made up of two blocks sewn togather and then top stitched. The blocks are strips sewn onto the batting and backing. It really is simple to do but be sure and use a zipper foot when you connect the blocks so you can get as close as possible to the block and batting. This is the only seam that holds the quilt togather.
The pattern I used has little strips in the middle of longer strips but a simpler pattern would be to use just strips without the little pieces in the middle. The strips are cut 1 3/4 inchs wide.

Good evening everyone. Well, it looks as though my first attempt at getting just two sample blocks together hasn't exactly worked .. :oops: .. and I'm having trouble getting a picture on here of it.

I did the sandwiching which seemed to work well close to the batting of each block, but when I turned the two flaps over to make the strip, the strip seems to now make the blocks unbalanced as the strip ended up on just one of the blocks to the left.

Oh my, even though I watched the video several times, by the time the sewing machine is in the picture, it turns into a Frankensteinien experience ... :shock: :?

Should I remove my thumbs? .. :mrgreen: :shock:

I will have another go tomorrow. I suspect what has gone wrong is my getting disoriented with the flappy parts.

It's 9pm here, so I'll come back in the morning, our time .. try not to laugh, I promise to try harder and get it right, many thanks.

Hi Jay, don't stress! I don't think I ever got ANYTHING right first time! If at first you don't succeed, try, try again and this time try and keep your flappy parts in order! :lol:

Yeah, those flappy parts can really cause a headache!

I've never done this technique but I'm wondering if I can do a center for a twin quilt the "regular" way and then make and quilt the borders and add them using this technique. I have Marti Mitchell's quilt in sections book, but I think it requires joining the front pieces by machine and hand stitching the back seams. In theory I think it would work?

I've done a quilt in sections and added quilted borders after quilting the centre - the only thing i would say is be sure to leave a good inch of fabric unquilted all round the edges where you'll be joining the pieces together. And I did turn the seams under on the back and slipstitch by hand, having joined the top sides on the machine. It worked fine!

Good 'morning' everyone, it's 1.20am here and I have just finished another test drive fun and done with two more blocks :(

Um well, what can I say, other than to describe it as enraged sandwichy looking soggy tongues with entrails running out .. sort of? :oops: :oops:

Oh my, it's the flappy bits again, and this time, the batting fought back and ended up doing its own thing inside the backing and front... :?

There must be a simpler way, because I am coming out of this as simple .... what could be simpler. I've watched the video again, but perhaps my machine is from another planet (or I am) because I just can't get a grip on it... :shock:

Well, off to bed now, and back in the morning. It is just so frustrating, but just as determined. What am I doing wrong?

Hope everyone here has a wonderful day wherever you are in the world.

Jay way,
You are too funny!The discription of your quilt block and the flappy things made me laugh.
On a more serious note ,keep trying ,the fun and done is really easy after you get the hang of it.Are you using your iron to press down your folded seams? I found that pressing them before sewing helped a lot.
Good luck and keep us informed on how your doing.

I hope you can see what to do from this picture, Once you get it it is easy,

It is the wee small hours again here, almost 12.30am. Hello Gramysews and Up North, thank you for the pictures,

My blocks don't quite look like that ... :roll: I think my third attempt today was a little wincy bit better, however, it is as though an invisible magnet has been pulling my middle sashing thingys to the left, because my middle bit appears to be missing.

How to explain that? Well, I have somehow managed to fold the flaps together to the left, kind of something like putting a nappy on a little one? Come to think of it, I can't remember a nappy trying to bite my fingers off like this has been doing..sigh. I am sure my flappys are growing teeth, the more I do it, the more the flap flaps over ... :evil:

Okay then, tomorrow being Friday, I shall lurch into the sewing room again, and beat the wretched things into submission, and try to make it look like your pictures.

Failure shall not be contemplated .. however, failing again means I shall toss the lot into the river and let the platypusses enjoy it ... :cry:

Thank you again ladies, I do appreciate it. Seriously though, if round four does not work, do you have pictures from go to whoa so that I can follow it like a well greased jigsaw puzzle ... the simpler the better.

Hugs to everyone on this very cold morning.