Everyone's blocks are looking great!! You still have plenty of time to catch up if you're behind, or if you're just joining us! This week we will add sashing, borders and assemble our entire quilt top! Let's get started!
Cutting the Sashing:
1. From the sashing/border fabric cut:
20-1 1/2" X WOF (width of fabric) strips.
2-7" strips
2. Take 6- 1 1/2" X WOF and subcut:
36- 1 1/2" X 7" pieces
3. From the 2-7" X WOF strips subcut:
8-6 3/4" X 7" pieces
Sewing the Sashing:
1. Choose 6 blocks and lay them out vertically with the shorter sides on top and bottom. Sew a 1 1/2" X 7" sashing strip to the bottom 7" side of the first block. Press sashing to block. Continue sewing a 1 1/2" X 7" sashing strip to the bottom of the next 4 blocks. *There should be sashing attached to 5 of the 6 blocks.
2. Sew all 6 blocks together in a vertical row along the 7" sides. Press sashings to blocks. Repeat steps 1 and 2 to make a total of 4 vertical rows that measure 7" X 74 1/2".
3. Choose 5 blocks and lay them out vertically with 7" sides on top and bottom. Sew a 1 1/2" X 7" sashing strip to the bottom 7" side of the first block. Press sashing to block. Continue sewing a 1 1/2" X 7" sashing strip to the bottom of the next 3 blocks. *There should be sashing attached to 4 of the 5 blocks.
4. Sew all 5 blocks together vertically along the 7" sides. Press sashing towards blocks. Repeat steps 3 and 4 to make a total of 4 vertical rows that measure 7" X 62".
5. Take a 6 3/4" X 7" piece and attach one to the top and one to the bottom of 1- 7" X 62" vertical row along the 7" side. Press towards blocks. Repeat on remaining 7" X 62" vertical rows. You should now have 8- 7" X 74 1/2" rows.
6. Take the 14- 1 1/2" X WOF strips and sew two together along the short 1 1/2" sides to make one continuous strip. Repeat with remaining strips until you have 7- 1 1/2" X 84" strips. (Be sure to cut the selvedges off first)
7. Measure all rows and cut 7- 1 1/2" sashing strips to that measurement. (Should be around 74 1/2") As long as your rows are all the same size, it doesn't matter if your measurement is a little off from mine, but it should be close to 74 1/2".
8. Lay out the rows alternating as shown.
9. Sew a 1 1/2" sashing strip to the RIGHT side of rows 1-7. Press to sashing strip.
10. Sew vertical rows 1-4 together.
11. Sew vertical rows 5-8 together.
12. Sew all rows together from steps 10 & 11.
Outer Border:
1. Cutting the border fabric, cut 7- 2 1/2" X WOF strips.
2. Take one 2 1/2" strip and cut in half. Sew one half along the short 2 1/2" end of 2 WOF strips. You will now have 2- 2 1/2" X 63" strips.
3.Measure the center width of the quilt top and cut two strips to that measurement. Sew top and bottom strips on. Press to border.
4. Sew 2 strips together along the short 2 1/2" ends. Measure center length of the quilt top and cut strip to that measurement. Repeat with 2 more strips. Sew one strip to each side of the quilt and press to border.
4. Sew all 5 blocks together vertically along the 7" sides. Press sashing towards blocks. Repeat steps 3 and 4 to make a total of 4 vertical rows that measure 7" X 62".
5. Take a 6 3/4" X 7" piece and attach one to the top and one to the bottom of 1- 7" X 62" vertical row along the 7" side. Press towards blocks. Repeat on remaining 7" X 62" vertical rows. You should now have 8- 7" X 74 1/2" rows.
6. Take the 14- 1 1/2" X WOF strips and sew two together along the short 1 1/2" sides to make one continuous strip. Repeat with remaining strips until you have 7- 1 1/2" X 84" strips. (Be sure to cut the selvedges off first)
7. Measure all rows and cut 7- 1 1/2" sashing strips to that measurement. (Should be around 74 1/2") As long as your rows are all the same size, it doesn't matter if your measurement is a little off from mine, but it should be close to 74 1/2".
8. Lay out the rows alternating as shown.
9. Sew a 1 1/2" sashing strip to the RIGHT side of rows 1-7. Press to sashing strip.
10. Sew vertical rows 1-4 together.
11. Sew vertical rows 5-8 together.
12. Sew all rows together from steps 10 & 11.
Outer Border:
1. Cutting the border fabric, cut 7- 2 1/2" X WOF strips.
2. Take one 2 1/2" strip and cut in half. Sew one half along the short 2 1/2" end of 2 WOF strips. You will now have 2- 2 1/2" X 63" strips.
3.Measure the center width of the quilt top and cut two strips to that measurement. Sew top and bottom strips on. Press to border.
4. Sew 2 strips together along the short 2 1/2" ends. Measure center length of the quilt top and cut strip to that measurement. Repeat with 2 more strips. Sew one strip to each side of the quilt and press to border.
And now your quilt top is done! I'm sure they look awesome! I can't wait to see all of the tops so don't forget to upload photos to my Flickr Group!
Here is the rest of the schedule...see you next week for backing!
Week 5-May 6th:
Prepare Backing/Basting
Week 6-May 13th:
Quilting/Binding
Week 7-May 20th:
Winners Announced
Also, be sure to check out my Mirror Ball Dot Blog Hop Post HERE for a chance to win some fabric!
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