Quilt Block Challenge - Basic Finishing Instructions

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As per the fabric requirements, you will need 1 yard of fabric for the sashing strips and 1 3/8 yards of fabric for the border.

For the sashing strips:
– Cut 12-2 ½” by 16 ½” strips (unless your blocks finished at a different size, i.e. 16 ¼” or 16 ¾”, and then cut accordingly).
– Cut 4-2 ½” by 56 ½” strips (unless your blocks finished at a different size, and then measure your assembled rows and cut sashing strip lengths accordingly).


For the borders:
– Cut 2- 5” by 56 ½” strips (unless your blocks finished at a different size, and then measure your assembled rows and sashing strips and cut accordingly).
– Cut 2- 5” by 66” strips (unless your blocks finished at a different size, and then measure your assembled rows, sashing strips and borders and cut accordingly).


For the top row:
To align the sashing strips, begin by pinning at each end and in the middle to ensure the strip is properly aligned along the block edge.

– Stitch one sashing strip to both the left and right sides of the Sterope Star block.
– Next, stitch the Atlas Star block to the sashing strip attached to the right side of the Sterope Star block.
– Stitch a sashing strip to the right side of the Atlas Star block.
– Stitch the Maia Star block to the sashing strip attached to the right side of the Atlas Star block.
– Stitch a sashing strip to the right side of the Maia Star block.


For the middle row:
To align the sashing strips, begin by pinning at each end and in the middle to ensure the strip is properly aligned along the block edge.

– Stitch one sashing strip to both the left and right sides of the Celaeno Star block.
– Next, stitch the Merope Star block to the sashing strip attached to the right side of the Celaeno Star block.
– Stitch a sashing strip to the right side of the Merope Star block.
– Stitch the Alicyone Star block to the sashing strip attached to the right side of the Merope Star block.
– Stitch a sashing strip to the right side of the Alicyone Star block.


For the bottom row:
To align the sashing strips, begin by pinning at each end and in the middle to ensure the strip is properly aligned along the block edge.

– Stitch one sashing strip to both the left and right sides of the Taygeta Star block.
– Next, stitch the Electra Star block to the sashing strip attached to the right side of the Taygeta Star block.
– Stitch a sashing strip to the right side of the Electra Star block.
– Stitch the Pleione Star block to the sashing strip attached to the right side of the Electra Star block.
– Stitch a sashing strip to the right side of the Pleione Star block.


Final Assembly
To align the sashing strips and borders, begin by pinning at each end and in the middle to ensure the strip is properly aligned along the block edge.

– Stitch one of the sashing strips to the top and bottom of the assembled top row.
– Stitch one middle row to the bottom of the sashing strip attached to the top row.
– Stitch one sashing strip to the bottom of the assembled middle row.
– Stitch one bottom row to the bottom of the sashing strip attached to the middle row.
– Stitch one sashing strip to the bottom of the assembled bottom row.
– Stitch one border strip to the left and right of the assembled quilt block rows and sashing strips.
– Stitch one border strip to the top and bottom of the assembled quilt block rows, sashing strips and side borders.

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49 Responses to “Quilt Block Challenge - Basic Finishing Instructions”

  1. Joan Tee

    Seems like fun!

  2. Elva

    Just about to assemble a 20 squares quilt - these instructions will help! Thank you

  3. Judy Marian

    Thank you! I hope to gather stash fabrics and supplement with colors I do not have. I Lovve the different colors and blocks

  4. Cherie McClenney

    Thanks for the blocks look forward to making

  5. Jeannie

    I am working on a crib sized quilt and haven't done sashing for a while. Thank you for having simple instructions as a reminder. It would be nice to have a video or at least pics to go with the itemized instructions. Thanks

  6. Petra Friede

    Hi there, Thank you for your help I am about to make a quilt using a panel I want to frame it with different kinds of complementing fabrics How do I make the strips longer if they are not long enough to fit the sites, same way I do with the binding ? Thank you Petra

  7. dmasam

    Love this. Can't wait to get started.

  8. Linda Griffith

    I am having a hard time printing the finishing instructions. Is there any way you can forward them to my email please. Thanks

  9. RaeAnn Ferguson

    does anyone have instructions for making block 5

  10. Danise Shields

    Thank You