Week 6 - Kiss Goodnight Sew Along
Feb 7, 2022 - 8:27pm
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Week 6
Welcome to Week 6 of the Kiss Goodnight sew-along. It's the final week of the sew along and now we get to sew all those fabulous blocks together and make a quilt top!
My first tip for sewing a quilt with sashing is to firstly sew all the rows together with the sashing in-between. Then measure all your rows. If all things are equal they should measure what I state in the pattern, however if they aren't, take the average and this will be the length of your sashing.
Next up sew a sashing length to a row, by finding the centre of both pieces and pin together. Then pin at each end and evenly pin the rest.
Sew together.
So my simple trick to get the vertical sashings to line up, is to do a visual check. Lay the row of blocks on top of a row with sashing. Fold back the top row of blocks and check that the vertical sashing lines up.
Then fold the row back and pin in place.
To make sure you have nice flat borders repeat the same method for the sashing. Measure your quilt top and make your borders the correct size to match. Once again find the centres of both and pin, then pin ends. Sew together and voila, lovely flat borders!
Thank you so much for joining me for this sew along. I have you have enjoyed it as much as I have and have finished up with a quilt that you love.
Stay tuned for my next sew along and I hope you will join in the fun again.
Happy Patching,
Emma
