Re:Floating Hats - or our current projects

• Re:Floating Hats - or our current projects - 2007-07-25 12:06:41-04
  Jo, there are a few ways of joining quilt as you go blocks. I will try to explain the one I will be using for this. Mine has sashings, so cut a sashing strip in the size you would normally for each side, front and back. On the side of one block put the sashing for front on top of it, and on the back put its sashing, and sew the seam. Take the next block and sew just the front sashing to it as you would normally. Cut a piece of wadding the finished size of the sashing strip. Whip stitch it to the wadding in the seam allowance on each side. The last side of the sashing strip is then hand stitched in place over the last seam. Keep doing this with the blocks, and then same method using long strips to join the rows. There is a bit of hand stitching in this method but that isnt too time consuming.
  There are ways to do it without hand stitching, using piping and stitch in the ditch but I havent tried doing that yet.
  Hope you understand this. I know there are different terms used in other countries eg sashings. (Thats what we call the strip between two blocks).Let me know if it sounds too confusing. I can see it in my head but explaining can be harder. The good thing is that you dont have the weight of a full quilt if machine quilting, and it is usually a quicker method. Not all patterns lend themselves to it though,.
  Marilyn (I do ramble on - better stop)