This is how I did it……..
I started by sashing between all the blocks first. You can start with your first six blocks and do them as you finish them up each month. (91/2” x 3” strips)
Then I put the sashing between the rows, the top and the bottom.
Then the two sides. I started with the light colour, top and bottom and then two sides. Finished it up with the outside border. I measure everything. Sometimes twice, and then I write it down so I don’t have to do it all over again.
Sewing the strips together is easy. I don’t pre-cut my strips on a 45* angle. I take all the strips to the ironing board, lay the first one right side up.
I take the next strips and fold them over at a 45* angle and press.


When I sew the strips on I make sure that the joins are not all in the same place. If the light one is near the top I put the brown one closer to the bottom. When you have all the joins in the same spot, that is exactly where your eye will travel to.
Here it is. I have my twelve blocks done, but as luck would have it, I remembered to cover up the last six. Darn me anyway.

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