Start by laying a strip of sashing in between each of your diagonal rows. It all comes back to focus though, so definitely power through, and just remember to write you tutorials immediately after taking photos, not 4 months later! Now it’s time start adding the long, thin strips of sashing, and this is where the tutorial goes off the rails a little bit. Make sashing triangles by cutting 9 7” squares in half along the diagonal to create 18 triangles. Leave the remainder of the strips for later. Sub cut 8 strips into 42 pieces 1½” by 5”. Depending on the WOF, you may need to cut one additional 7” strip for this.)ġ4 strips that are 1½” wide by WOF. Sub cut 9 squares 7” (If you want sashing triangles in the corners as well, cut 2 more 7” squares. Plus, it goes well with all of the blues!Ģ strips that are 7” wide by WOF. White polka dots on black = lots of fun and very trendy.
I skipped navy, since I knew it wouldn’t pop as much against the dark sashing.ġ¼ Yard of Sashing Fabric. I used a bazillion shades/prints of blue, since my quilt is for a friend’s baby boy, but you can definitely do a less-chromatic option. (50) 5” Squares These can come from pre-cuts, or from cutting your stash which is what I did. I’ll include those directions once we get to that step. If you want to fill in the corners with more sashing fabric, go for it. Again, make it as big or as small as you like. My quilt finishes at 39” by 46” and has no corner pieces just for funsies. Or, you can do like I did and cut 5” squares from your stash, either from yardage or from fat quarters. Layer cakes are 10” squares, which can easily be cut down the middle both directions to make 5” squares.
I know a lot of quilters like precut fabric, and charm packs are 5” squares. Make your pieces as large or as small as you like. A lattice quilt can be made with any size of square, and any width of sashing.
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