Thanks all and special thanks to Patti

Sunny, that's a really heart-warming thing. I'd never have thought it, but I love being helpful - (the old teacher in me never dies!!). There is something about passing on tips, large and small. Saves centuries of repeated errors - if I've made them, why should you >gPat's advice and answers are the ones I watch for faithfully. Pat, I

Thanks so much Edna - you started it >g< . In message , Edna Pearl writes

Hi there, Polly, could you or someone else explain what this mean? I have never done sashing as my four quilts have all been Trip Around The World. I am excited to try something new. Thanks, Julie in SFBA

hi Julie, i'm not Polly, never gonna be close to this clever lady but i'm here reading at the moment so i'll toss my thots into the pot here. sashing is strips of fabric between blocks, a bit like wood that separates window panes in a bigger window on some older homes (hope that makes sense). pressing seams towards the blocks rather than back over the sashing will give that extra lift under the edges of the block making it stand out that wee bit more and the sashing recede. it is a real thing but its the visual effect that i find fascinating. works on any blocks, any parts of blocks. take a look at a few of your blocks and see where seams are pressed under seem somehow to come forward and the adjacent part recedes abit. it is real but who'd'a'thunk something so thin(the seam) could make such a difference. sorry that is the only way i can think to explain it just now (only on first cuppa tea here so maybe brain isnt all i might be yet, not that it is often much more than vague, fingers crossed that made enough sense tho). j. (originally from SFBA, born and raised on the east side)

"julie" wrote... Hi there, Polly, could you or someone else explain what this mean? I have never done sashing as my four quilts have all been Trip Around The World. I am excited to try something new. Thanks, Julie in SFBA

"Polly Esther" wrote:

Now there's an idea - perhaps you should change your name to 'Pat on the Back'!

Sally at the Seaside~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk

Edna Pearl wrote:

so she'd be Pat on the Back Hill, gotta cover all the bases. her hill might be behind another one, i've no idea, just following your lead.. j.

"Sally Swindells" wrote... Now there's an idea - perhaps you should change your name to 'Pat on the Back'!

Edna Pearl wrote:

Yea! Jeanne. You done good. I missed the question because I was busy playing with yet again another attempt to conquer the scrap bin. These blocks are supposed to be sashed with black. Naturally . . . I'm going to see what lime will bring to the party. Polly

naturally. whats the quilt/block/design? gotta love LIME, tis Mother Natures neutral afterall. j.

"Polly Esther" wrote ... Yea! Jeanne. You done good. I missed the question because I was busy playing with yet again another attempt to conquer the scrap bin. These blocks are supposed to be sashed with black. Naturally . . . I'm going to see what lime will bring to the party. Polly

Smile! Good one Sally!!

Can't think of a half way decent response >gg< . In message , Sally Swindells writes