sashing Archives

Marking designs onto a dark fabric.

Do you have a favoured method of transferring quilting patterns? I have a dark sashing and I am finding it difficult to transfer on to it. Answer: Yes dark colours are always a challenge; I do mention some options in the video Quilting Your Quilt
https://www.justhands-on.tv/videos/workshops/article-1086/quilting-your-sampler-quilt-with-valerie-nesbitt

and it depends a little on how complex the pattern is; if its a real stencil pattern then I would use Quilt-and-Tear but if its a simple pattern try the Hera marker (or scoring with the back of your scissors)

justhands-on.tv2020-01-02T11:58:23+00:00January 29th, 2014|Categories: Community, Q & A|Tags: equipment, quilting, quilting-hand, sashing|Comments Off

To sash or not to sash (your quilt)

I have just finished 12 blocks and i'm ready to put them together.
The question is 'to sash or not to sash'. Is there a rule? Answer: Definitely personal choice but you might also be governed by how big you want the quilt to be; and are you adding more borders? In which the 1st outside sashing could be considered to be a border - see The First Sampler Quilt series if you want to know what I mean.

Also it depends on the block: by putting them together do you get an interesting secondary pattern? or are there more seams that need matching that you don't want?!?!?

justhands-on.tv2020-01-02T11:59:59+00:00January 24th, 2014|Categories: Community, Q & A|Tags: quilting, sashing|Comments Off

Border Fabric need joining but where?

One of my ladies is piecing the top of a 9 block sample quilt..and because she has made her sashing a little wider..when she is putting her border on the it is shorter than the full width of the fabric by a few inches...she will obviously have to add a little but where would you suggest she puts this add on please?

justhands-on.tv2020-01-02T12:01:11+00:00January 24th, 2014|Categories: Community, Q & A|Tags: quilting, sashing|Comments Off

Cats for the barn

After watching Jenny's workshop...had fun making this for my daughter Sara..the sashing has tiny mice on it to go with the cat's theme..Sara lives in a barn conversion! ..Lyn love it Lyn - and hopefully there are only mice on the quilt!

justhands-on.tv2019-12-03T11:03:42+00:00September 16th, 2013|Categories: Community, Show and tell|Tags: quilting, sashing|Comments Off

March 2013

This will be a busy month as there are 5 [...]

justhands-on.tv2020-01-02T12:02:08+00:00March 15th, 2013|Categories: Community, Newsletters|Tags: quilting, sashing|Comments Off

Greg’s Quilt by Tina

This lovely quilt was made with a machine quilt-as-you- technique in vertical strips which were then sashed and Tina made the clever decision to make the sashing scrappy; This is a technique we will be sharing with you but what a great quilt this turned out to be Tina.

justhands-on.tv2019-12-03T11:07:04+00:00February 14th, 2013|Categories: Community, Show and tell|Tags: quilting, sashing|Comments Off

Quick Quilt (and big!)

Pat decided to make her son a very large quilt but wanted something quick - so took inspiration from the stripey quick quilt workshop; she also added sashing to make the quilt even bigger!

justhands-on.tv2020-01-02T12:03:19+00:00February 10th, 2013|Categories: Community, Show and tell|Tags: quilting, sashing|Comments Off

What to Watch in February 2013

We start the month off with yet more inspiration from the Hope Quilters’Exhibition ; this is the final part of our wander round their exhibition with Sylvia Critcher acting as guide and hostess. We enjoy work that is complicated such as Baltimore just as much as the use of simple panels that we can all be tempted into purchasing when at a show! Sylvia's group also have a wide variety of talents making small items - just you see.

Valerie Nesbitt2020-01-02T12:04:29+00:00February 1st, 2013|Categories: Blog, Community|Tags: quilting, sashing|Comments Off

Granddaughter’s Memory Quilt

Lyn seems to be such a busy grandma. She says: Am just coming to the end of my Granddaughter's memory quilt...my daughter Ali couldn't bear to part with Izzy's old baby clothes so asked if I could do something to 'keep': all the sashings are from her dresses and I used the bibs and babygrows for the pictures. also stitched in the age labels on the tangled star pillow front....Lyn

justhands-on.tv2020-01-02T12:06:43+00:00September 12th, 2012|Categories: Community, Show and tell|Tags: quilting, sashing|Comments Off

A PATCHWORK OF PEOPLE

What is it all about?

Craft, Company, Community, Heritage and being creative.

But more than that. We are slowly working together to put together a set of 30 vintage quilt squares from 1933 found in a small town in Texas.
Each square has a hand embroidered signature and we are going to be creating a quilt out of the squares using techniques like hand stitching, sashing and embroidery.