This is the senior version of 20 blocks that now measure 10 1/2 square. My first thought about sashing is shown in the second row but it didn't do it for me so I had to come up with something and decided to fashion cornerstones that measured 2 in square finished as I didn't want just a solid color. The main sashing color is just a little bit off white which looks much better than the stark white of my design wall.
I decided to go with a a one inch square surrounded by 1/2 inch wide border. I then decided to alternate the green in the center with the red/orange in the center.
I got most of it completed this afternoon. I still have to put a border made up of the sashing fabric around the whole quilt. It currently is 48 x 58 and will be 52 x 62 when I add the border. I am toying with using some of the extra fabric (there isn't much) in additional borders on top and bottom but have to think about how I want to do that.
This is about half of the smaller 5 1/2 in square blocks I made with half of the fabric. I made a total of 50 blocks which should made two baby sized quilts with a 5 x 5 setting or one larger quilt for another charity. I have searched through my stash of hand dyes to come up with four different borders for the blocks which will boost them up to 8 inches finished. It has been difficult to match that lighter color.
The second half of these is pictured below (although some are the same blocks but 20 are new).
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