Will the Quilt Police issue a citation if I'm forced to piece all of my lon g sashing strips? Is this going to be an egregious error on my part? If n ot, will I just piece the strips on the diagonal, much like I would do with binding? For aesthetics purposes, should I make each row of long sashing be pieced in about the same place or should it change from row to row?
-dlm. 'trying to finish UFOs as well as make use of my ancient stash'
When I have to piece a saching or border, I either stick in a block from th e quilt (a miniature sized- scaled down- block if necessary) or a piece of another fabric in the quilt or the signature/dedication/'name of the quilt' block where the seam will be. Sometimes, I put the 'extra' blocks in the center of each side or stagger them or even scatter several filler blocks thru out the saching or border to make it longer and/or where the seam woul d be. Or you can make the diagonal seam as you described and piece in diag onal piece of a different fabric from the quilt where the seam will be.
No one has to know The Why of it. It's merely what you wanted to do- A Des ign Element- rather than an 'oopsie, the fabric wasn't long enough'. ;-)
Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.
ong sashing strips? Is this going to be an egregious error on my part? If not, will I just piece the strips on the diagonal, much like I would do wi th binding? For aesthetics purposes, should I make each row of long sashin g be pieced in about the same place or should it change from row to row?
Sounds good to me, in fact I thought that this was how long strips were always made and rarely cut as long, single pieces.
Brian Christiansen
Leslie,
Thanks for your input! Unfortunately, since this is an ancient UFO, I don' t seem to have any of the fabrics left from the front to act as "corner sto nes" to help mask the fact that I don't have the yardage to cut long strips . That said, you did give me the idea to see if I have enough yardage to c ut cornerstone type blocks from the background fabric rather than simply pi ecing long strips as I would a border or binding. Hmmmm...where is my grap h paper and calculator.
- dlm.
On Monday, July 28, 2014 6:08:06 PM UTC-4, Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. wr ote:
the quilt (a miniature sized- scaled down- block if necessary) or a piece o f another fabric in the quilt or the signature/dedication/'name of the quil t' block where the seam will be. Sometimes, I put the 'extra' blocks in t he center of each side or stagger them or even scatter several filler block s thru out the saching or border to make it longer and/or where the seam wo uld be. Or you can make the diagonal seam as you described and piece in di agonal piece of a different fabric from the quilt where the seam will be.
esign Element- rather than an 'oopsie, the fabric wasn't long enough'. ;- )
long sashing strips? Is this going to be an egregious error on my part? If not, will I just piece the strips on the diagonal, much like I would do with binding? For aesthetics purposes, should I make each row of long sash ing be pieced in about the same place or should it change from row to row?
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I've never received a citation from the quilt police for piecing sashing strips. I've never fussed with placement of the seams either. I think they might be less noticeable if they are random, but that's just my opinion. Seams on the diagonal may be less noticeable, but that might depend on your fabric; some prints might be better pieced straight. I've done it both ways.
Julia in MN
Brian, Julia and Pat,
Thanks for weighing in. I calculated the amount of yardage necessary to cr eate corner stones out of the background fabric and I would be cutting it t oo short (no pun intended). So, piecing it shall be! I'll place the diago nal seams randomly from row to row...hopefully, they won't show.
Thanks again for everyone's help!
- dlm. who is making some headway on UFOs
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