Sashing outside on-point blocks?

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- dogmom
  
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17 years ago

Wed, Jul 5, 2006 4:45 PM

I think I could use "sashing my wrists" as the topic. Here's why:

Just laid out my top of Ohio star 8 1/2 inch blocks with 4 1/4 sashing and 4

1/4 inch connecting stars. I stop after 1/2 way done pinning to admire my work....and begin to see why I had a lot more connecting stars than I needed. I did not put the sashing all around the blocks on the outside. Should I have? then I could have put my extra stars in. Now having seen this, it screams at me--"Moron!" and really looks incomplete.

Any beginners out there--do what I did not--draw a complete picture!!!I drew one but didn't put in the sashing because it was too big a PITA. Besides ;-) I knew what I was doing!

Yeah, right.

Does sashing usually go around the outside blocks? Maybe I"m just being hypercritical. It's for a really good friend, so in any case I won't have to look at it, and it's sure as h*** too late now to fix!

Advice, pictures, sympathy as always much appreciated....

Dogmom

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- Jessamy
  
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17 years ago

Wed, Jul 5, 2006 4:50 PM

the outer sashing is optional you *could* add it but it's not required

may I suggest using the extra stars as part of an inner border?

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- Pat in Virginia
  
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17 years ago

Wed, Jul 5, 2006 5:07 PM

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17 years ago

Wed, Jul 5, 2006 5:22 PM

Thanks, y'all. You're already making me feel better (and it's not just the chocolate!)

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- Vikki In WA State
  
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17 years ago

Wed, Jul 5, 2006 5:59 PM

You know, how you finish this quilt is directly related to how you are going to look at it when it is finished. If this happens to me I finish and everytime I look at it I think, "I wish I had added those other sashing strips". Or I look at it and think, "I am so glad I didn't do it the first way." I hate the idea that I might not ever like it. But you might think of something that will look even better than your first plan. Have fun, this can be a real challenge.