Stash Project #2, Step 4

From the Brightly Colored Stash Fabric, cut 248 – 2″ x 2-1/2″ rectangles.
From the Background Fabrics, cut 62 – 1″ x 16-1/2″ strips.
From the Border Fabric, cut 20 – 3″ squares.

1.  Sew 8 pieces together (joining the 2″ sides) so that you have a sashing strip.  Make 31.

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2.  Sew a 1″ x 16-1/2″ strip to each long side of the above strip.  Make 31.

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3.  Join four rows of three blocks with sashings.

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4.  Using the 3″ border fabric squares, join the sashing strips to form the sashing rows.  Make 5.

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5.  Join the sashing rows to the block rows to create the main portion of the top.

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You’re mostly done!  If you’re not adding the pieced borders, you can add whatever sized borders you’d like at this point.  If you are going to add the pieced borders that I originally showed, hang on a week or so and I’ll try to get these written and posted before I leave for quilt market.

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Week 18, 2009 Stash Report

How’s everyone doing?  The first four months of this year are history!  Eight more to go and it will be 2010.  Can you believe that?  Time flies, huh?

I was afraid that after falling off the wagon in Paducah and buying fabric, I might have lost my momentum.  This past week was too busy to think about buying fabric so I didn’t add anything.  I used a good bit . . mostly piecing backings for two tops I quilted.

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Share your report if you dare!