theoldgraymare

LOL!!! I hope none of your neighbors saw you outside twirling with an iron in your hand! ("Look, Ethel! Look at what that crazy woman next door is doing now!")

happyquiltmom

"LOL!!! I hope none of your neighbors saw you outside twirling with an iron in your hand! ("Look, Ethel! Look at what that crazy woman next door is doing now!") "

I had the same thought! Heehee

When I'm piecing an "on-point" top together, I lay it out on my bed and treat the sashing pieces the same as the blocks. You will have narrow rows (sashing) and wide rows (blocks). The seams run diagonally instead of vertically.

catlinye_maker

*Grin* Yeah, I was worried about the neighbors at the time; but they were all pretty nice people.

mama's place, I didn't really use a pattern. Quilter's Cache has a good tutorial on spool blocks, though they are a different size than these. On the one above, everything is two inches wide: the center squares are two inches, the wedges and sashing the same. If you want that look at a different size, just make sure everything is whatever measurement you choose

happyquiltmom, you expressed very succinctly what I should have done. Trying to be smart I was dumb!

alisonquilts

The spider-in-the-iron story is priceless!

When I first saw your spool quilt layout I thought the grey of the blanket the blocks are resting on was the sashing - and very pretty it would be (but I like grey).

I think your quilt is going to look lovely when it is done. (Sorry, can't help with the seam dilemma - my brain has frozen on the geometry for the moment!)

mama's place

Thanks for the info. I copied the pages from quilterscache and will try that.
About your quilt, love those colors!! My old quilt has the blocks just joined together, no sashing and turned so that they alternate directions. It's mostly in neutrals, but it just works so well. Love it. If I ever get the nerve to try posting pics, I'll show it.
Brenda in Bama