Quilt sashing ideas

Sashing can help define your quilt blocks or it can give them a sea to float on. Either way, adding sashing is easy to do.

Hey guys! I have a fun tutorial for you. I made this patriotic quilt for my mom this year, and I had so many questions on how I created the star sashing in between my blocks. I put up a tutorial on Instagram, but since that’s kind of hard to…

A Lovely Way to Dress Up Quilt Blocks! Sashing that comes together to form a star is an easy variation of sashing with cornerstones. It adds a special touch to whatever quilt it’s used in. In fact, you can create a simple, yet beautiful, quilt just from squares of fabric and star sashing. The sashing …

No More Sewing Long Rows Together! Have you ever struggled to stitch on rows of sashing in between rows of blocks? It’s simpler, and often more precise, to sash each block individually before sewing them together. In the following video Susan Claire, the Gourmet Quilter, demonstrates the process by adding sashing to 5″ charm squares. …

As you know, we have been working on our Little Playmates Quilt. We showed you the individual blocks last time, and today we’re going to...

Over the months in 2017, I shared 9 different sashing ideas to create interesting layout for 12'' blocks. For many of the patterns, I...

Adding sashing to your quilt blocks is ideal for when you want to separate the blocks, rather than sew them together. It also adds a bit of oomph and interest to your quilt blocks. You can make sashing as wide or as narrow as you want. For this tutorial I have cut my sashing at 2'. This will give me a finished sashing size of 1½'. This is a generic tutorial to show you how to add sashing to any sized quilt block. Watch the video tutorial below or scroll down for written instructions (Can't…

Learn how to sew a quilt top together and a cool trick to match seams when doing sashing! Free pattern for this Turtle on the Trot quilt!

Framed quilt by Camille Roskelley done in batiks.

I know things have been a little quiet here on the blog lately, but I have been busy, and today I can share just a little bit of what I’ve been working on. I’ve been sewing sample quilts for Joanna of Fig Tree & Company for several years now, and it’s something I truly enjoy. […]