Crayola Quilt Lesson 2

It is now time to put your quilts together. Place your blocks in front of you in rows of three.

You see the space between your blocks? You will be placing "Sashing" between each one. You will take the fabric you have chosen to finish your quilt and cut 6 pieces of sashing (width 3" and the length is 10 1/2").

Now take your first block and the right side is facing you. Place your first sashing piece and place it right side facing you beside your block. Now flip your sashing piece onto your block (right sides together). Pin together at the top and bottom.

Now do this for all nine pieces. When you have pinned all these and are all lined up you are ready to do your first sewing.

Ask mom for a small piece of scrap fabric and place on your machine asking mom where the 1/4" line is. Now, grab both threads and hold them up and away from you and start to sew the scrap fabric a couple of inches. Place your first block and sashing o the machine nice and straight and sew down to almost the end, (Do not cut or take off) place your next block and sashing and continue sewing until all have been done. You can cut off all the threads that are between the blocks now and press your seams towards the blocks.

You will now put the sashing between the rows. Your strips will be 3" wide and 36 1/2" long. Once again, take the right side of your sashing and flip it over the right side of your blocks, your first row should now have three blocks with two sashing pieces in between them.

You will sew two of these, one between the first set of rows and then one between the second and third row. Press lightly. This is your finished quilt top.