Thank you! Having those blocks pivot on point allows you a triangle shape sashing that enlarges the original quilt block. If you could explain what you mean I’d be happy to try to answer your question. I think sewing the sashing by block makes for a more stable and accurate quilt. To be honest, as I mentioned last week, my favorite way to set quilt blocks is on point with setting triangles. If I did decide to use a wider sashing with this quilt to show off my long arming chops, I would use cornerstones to keep the quilt top pulled together. The blocks will fit nicely into the open spaces between the sashing. This unit will be used on the upper left corner of the quilt. The diagonal lines are a little more dynamic and visually interesting. Between the two extremes – the widest sashing being 3 ¼-inches wide and the narrowest at 1 ¼-inches wide (finished) sets the stage for all the options of the sashing width. Sew sashing units vertically between each quilt block in each row, and to the ends of rows if you've chosen that look. Could you email them to sherriquiltsalot@gmail.com? Press seam allowances towards the sashing strips. Row 6: Eleven blocks, a triangle unit B on the right and a triangle unit C2 on the left. They are pieced into the horizontal sashing to meet up with the corners of the blocks. My favorite excuse for using wide sashing is this: The sashing strips can become blocks themselves. Sashing can range very simple to very complex and opens a new world of ⦠The cornerstones would dress it up a bit, and you could even piece them out of your scraps. Sew a long row of sashing strips and setting squares you just completed to a horizontal row of blocks. It’s a sweet quilt top that uses two or three colors well and the narrow sashing shows this off very effectively. It’s also wide enough that some serious quilting can go on in those sashing strips to enhance your quilt block. If I am making a quilt with rows, I like skinny sashing better than wider sashing most of the time. They are squares the same size as the width of the vertical sashing. ! What ideas do you have for using a different or similar color in the vertical? I think the off-white sashing is a good idea, because it will calm everything down and the 2 1/2-inch sashing will give the blocks enough space to “breathe” and for the eye to rest before it moves onto the next block. The formula for this is: Size of the finished on-point block times 1.414, then add 1 1/4 inches. We had lots of fun so, of course I thought I would share a couple of my tips for making the perfect star points in the sashing of the 4-patch blocks. You can check the latest prices at Amazon by clicking on the links below: 1. They are essentially pieces of a crazy quilt. Farmer's Wife Block with sashing. This meant I actually had to do some MATH! Ecee Read, Brantford, Ontario, Canada Ecee@Rogers.com. You may just want to set the blocks in rows with sashing and move on. The Bud Bouquet block is a simple 9 patch made out of half square triangles. If youâve ever been intimidated to try making a quilt on point, let me help you get over that. June Taylor Shape Cut Pro ruler 7. And this opens up all kinds of possibilities for your quilt. Row 3: Five blocks, a triangle unit B on the right and a triangle unit C2 on the left. But on the other hand, because there is generally always the other hand I may want to change the look of the quilt to suit my tastes a little better. I hope that the two blogs on sashing has helped you look at all the options out there for sashing. It really would depend on how I wanted my quilt to look and how much more additional time I wanted to spend on it. However, this is also something that couldn’t be easily done with narrow sashing – the sashing had to be wider to pull this off well. I love On-Point quilts! Now what? For the strip with the stone, I would have cut a 2 1/2â³ WOF and a 14 1/2â³ WOF and sewed them together. In my opinion, the blocks lose their effectiveness with a wider width of sashing. Cut 31 sashing strips 2â³ x 7½â Place the sashing strips between the blocks on your design wall. At this point, I would consider 2 1/2-inch cornerstones. She then shows how to add sashing to the quilt block and how to add sashing with cornerstones to the block. These are small pieces, and the piecing must be very accurate in order for the sashing to look right. Gutermann Sew All thread 8. Then I would have subcut that into 2 1/2â³ units for the block tops. Three strips of fabric form the vertical sashing and some of the cornerstones are tiny nine-patches that work with the pieced sashing to form a secondary pattern on the quilt. The limited color palate is no longer as appealing as it was with the narrower sashing. The number of patches you cut depends on the number of blocks you use in your quilt. However, what if you just don’t want to go through all that trouble? What about the sashing on the back what size would I make that and how do i calculate it. The sashing can act as a frame for the quilt blocks, or the sashing itself can be pieced and used as part of the quilt design. Please let me know what you decide and send me a picture if you don’t mind. The side and corner triangles need to be cut using the same calculations above, only we now add the sashing measurement to the block measurement as one unit. That is a decently wide sashing that can deal with pieced or non-pieced cornerstones. Let’s just say Euclid and a lot of other mathematicians and scientists have spent copious amounts of time on it and the golden ratio boils down to this figure: 1.6180339887…. I miscalculated my sashing requirements and after adding sashing to one side of all my blocks I realize I do not have enough to do the vertical rows. Row 14: Three blocks, a triangle unit C1 on the right and a triangle unit A on the left. Now I know what you’re asking. The math isn’t hard, and the golden ratio is also used to figure border width, as well as the best width and length of the quilt center. For the sake of this illustration, let’s push the sashing width to three inches. I also hope you decide to “spice” your next quilt top’s sashing up a little with some pieced sashing and cornerstones. Finished block size times 1.414; Add 1-1/4" to this result for seam allowance; Round up to the nearest 1/8" (because you'll use a rotary ruler) Each square gives you two side setting triangles AND one for both the top and bottom. And the sashing is pieced! My personal favorite cornerstone pattern is a nine-patch block. The real magic happens when we add sashing and cornerstones and set our blocks on point with big setting corners. The second method is to divide the block size by 2.4, and then add the block size to the result. The blocks are closer together and that narrow sashing adds a real punch to the quilt top. If you’ve purchased the blocks with the goal of setting them in a top for a charity cause or a child’s play quilt, you may not want to go through all the trouble of piecing the sashing and cornerstones. It can run across an entire quilt top as one piece, or be sewn into rows with sashing squares located at the corners of each block. And man, was she right! Remember this little quilt that we talked about earlier this year? Fit for a Queenâs centerpiece is Scroll & Fan, Medallion III set on point. In this case, you would take the finished size of the block (8-inches) and multiply it by it by roughly half the golden ratio â 8 x .618 = 5 inches. Step 1: Line up the 90° angle of the left setting triangle with the corner of the block and pin in place. And as intimidating as that factor can seem, it really is not that difficult to deal with, and we will do just that in a later blog. I could go through the entire formula (and the physics teacher in me is just raring to do that), but I don’t want to lose anyone at this point. It is also called the golden mean. If the blocks are similar – either the same pattern or similar patterns – and your color palette is limited (my rule of thimble is three or less), a narrow sashing works well to unify the quilt. This technique is used in many other quilt examples, such as pitchers for Tildy's cabin quilt or the floating nine patch quilt. However, I do realize that that not everyone likes narrow sashing and not all quilts look good with skinny sashing. The longer you quilt, the more your personal preferences will come into play. But if math is just not your thing, Jinny Beyer sells a wonderful tool called the Golden Gauge Calipers that takes all the math-ing out of the design work. Love how complex that makes a quilt lool. Repeat for each set of sashing ⦠In my opinion, this little quilt is just wonderful. Quilters Slidelock 6. I’m not sure I know what you mean about the sashing on the back? I’m planning on 2 1/2″ sash made to blend into the color of the wall behind them (off white). The wider sashing also gives the illusion that the blocks are kind of floating. You would figure that you need setting triangles for a 10" finished block size (8" block + 2" sashing) to set your quilt. At this point, I always stop and think that on one hand, the quilt designer has put a lot of time and effort on the quilt and there are probably good reasons why the designer has come up with those particular sashing dimensions. The sashing is considered to be part of the block when calculating the side and corner triangles. ... Quilt tops with blocks set diagonally, or on point, can be a bit more challenging to piece than straight-set blocks. Except what if you’re like me, and you’re not a fan of wide sashing? Quilt tops with blocks set diagonally, or on point, can be a bit more challenging to piece than straight-set blocks. Using a small ruler, position its edge along the short sashing strip (between the blocks) and mark the edge of the long sashing strip on both seams. In geometry, it’s a bit different as the Greek letter pi represents the golden ratio. So…where do you start when you have a stack of blocks you’re not sure what to do with? In this setting, the quilt blocks are separated by strips of fabric called sashing. Hey Everyone, welcome back to Technique Tuesday on Wednesday. However I have one question. It forms the top part of the next row of blocks. After you sew a long sashing strip to the top or bottom of a row, draw registration lines on the unsewn edge of the long sashing strip. We finished our quilt blocks and I know you've been spending a lot of time admiring your blocks, but it's time to get down to the assembly. I am a beginner and that helped me a lot. The first thing you do is multiply 8 x 1.618 and get 13. Creative Grids Ruler 8½â x 24½â 2. The blocks are bigger and quick to sew. I do my sashings with cornerstones by block just like you showed with one minor difference. The piecing has to be very precise in order for the rows to look correct. 111 blocks that have sashing added to the bottom edges and a corner post at the bottom-most point, 28 large triangles, some with sashing strips attached, 4 small triangles, some with sashing strips attached. What a wonderful idea! Sashing can consist of plain fabric strips or pieced strips, and youâll find it in both straight and on-point quilt settings. I sew the vertical ones in between the quilt blocks to create a horizontal row. Last week we began a discussion on sashing – the strips of fabric between the blocks and rows of a quilt. Block Setting Options. Not only is it set on-point, it uses sashing as well as setting triangles. You have mini-star sashing! Here is my sashing layout. I can see your eye roll from here…You’re asking yourself, “What in the world does this have to do with quilt blocks and sashing?” In a nutshell, folks like architects, artists (da Vinci was a big fan of the Golden Ratio), musicians (yup, it’s used there, too) and designers have used the formula to develop pleasing designs. When is narrow sashing more effective than the wider kind? This design choice would entirely up to you. But I didn’t start out with those likes and dislikes. If the lengths match exactly, that's excellent. Thanks for writing it. To square it up to fit the quilt, you will sash 4 setting triangles and sew them onto the sides of this Center Medallion. Setting Triangles: Sashing and Attaching . No color runs through the blocks. The wider sashing gives these blocks room to “breathe” – there’s enough space between the blocks that even if the colors don’t exactly coordinate, the wider sashing along with some colorful border fabric will work to pull the quilt top together. 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