clubEQ Quilts made by members
June 1999  Pieced Sashing
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June's Challenge - Pieced Sashing
In EQ4, with just a click of Ctrl+click on sashings in our quilts,
we can set blocks to create pieced sashings.
We can do the same to set blocks into the cornerstones of the sashings, too.
The challenge this month is to find some innovative ways to
use sashing blocks in your quilt layouts.
It will be interesting to see what effects you get when you take a square block and skew it into a sashing rectangle.
--- BarbV

Patches and Stars

I drew this sashing block a long time ago and kept it in my files for future reference. I don't remember where it came from, but I think it does a good job in this quilt. I chose to pair the sashing block with New Star of North Carolina, which I found in BlockBase.  BarbV  Illinois

What an Angle!

I was surprised at what this simple block did not only for the sashing but also for the border. I am fascinated to see what different sashes do for the same block. BarbV  Illinois

Dorothy Milligan designed a chain border which I have worked into a trellis design that you might find of interest and Dorothy said to go ahead and send it in for the June challenge.
Lillian  Kentucky

I was amazed at how two very simple blocks could give such a different view.
Carol  Iowa
Carol's website

I have had to keep it simple since I am going to convert this virtual image into a real quilt. One block (uneven stripes) for pieces, sashing and borders. The interlocking sashing holds the centre together, the edges are strained and falling apart. I've used the colours of the Belgian flag, the centre is its people, the sashing for God and our king, fraying edges for our impotent politicians.  This is my political statement.

Laura  Belgium

String Time
The colors just seemed to glow when I was putting this one together.

Nite Lite
I stayed with one block throughout this quilt - I've noticed browns and oranges have been making a comeback of late. (Just like the Cleveland Browns! : )

Criss Cross
I thought this was a really smooth looking quilt, Simple Lines.

JoAnn  Ohio

Boy, did I have fun with this challenge. I did 16 quilts and I can't stop!
I'm sending you three of my favorites.
Susan  California

Wind in the Peonies

Using a simple block in the sashing gave this the appearance of a windmill - so the name, as the main block is Paducah Peony.  Jane  Ontario
Jane's website

Scrappy Stars

Faith  Wisconsin

Spikewort Flowers

Faith  Wisconsin

Blistering Summer Heat
with a Touch of Lime

Cool Watermelon on a
Hot Summer Day

Fence in the Stars
RailFenceQuilt block in sashing

Thanx for the Challenge, Barb!  I had "too much fun" with this and it was a tough decision
to choose which quilts I wanted to "show & tell"...I made so many.  The quilt on the left and
the quilt in the center were colored in the Quilt workspace.  I ended up doing what I did in the
January '99 clubEQ Challenge -- got a new design from the blocks and the sashing when coloring
directly on the quilt.
Pat in  South Florida

Peggy  Texas
Peggy's website

Terry  Oregon

Suzanne  Florida
Suzanne's website
I decided to design a sort of optical illusion block based on string-pieced triangles. I set up the quilt with rectangular blocks and sashing and then put my block into all of it. Only the cornerstones of the sashing have a different block. This is the result of turning the blocks in different ways.

Linda  Florida

Tipsy
PatC  Illinois
There is only one block used to make this quilt. It is used in the sashing, borders and corner blocks. The other spaces were colored on the quilt layout. The borders give the quilt an illusion of being tilted.

Bob  Wisconsin
Get .pj4 from Bob's website
I tried to work with sashed blocks and interlocking blocks to blur the line between the blocks and the sash.