Pat S wrote:
I love to 'hear' the enthusiasm in your writing!

LOL! So do I! I've done so many different crafts and hobbies in my life,
but quilting has come along kinda late-ish to me. It's so exciting to be
able to start something completely new, but not too unfamiliar (I've
been a person-who-sews since I was four).

Tiny word of warning (sorry!): SITD is not as easy as it sounds g. If
you want to quilt along the sashing, it would be easier to do the
stitching a quarter of an inch from the seams - still straight lines,
but any little 'burp' from the straight wouldn't show nearly as much!

Yes, I hear you! I haven't tried SITD yet, but my friend assures me it's
dead easy. Hah! Just like high school dressage: quite simple *as long as
you know what you're doing*!

Caution about leaving those blocks unquilted, with just the sashing sewn
down. When I suggested the false back, it was because you would have
quilted the individual blocks. It would depend a bit on your batting,
but I don't think 6.5" blocks would do too well unquilted.
Or, as is more than likely, I have misunderstood your intentions!

O no, I wouldn't leave the blox unquilted: I'd quilt them as I went
('go-ed'?) and then do the sashing thing with the false back. So many
ideas to think of and I haven't even put my scissors into fabric yet.
I've printed out the first half-dozen foundations for triangles and keep
looking at them meaningfully. Hmmmm...

;-D

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Trish Brown {|:-}

Newcastle, NSW, Australia