Sashings Finished

I've been making progress on the sashing for the president's block project. First I cut 1 1/2" strips. I worked with 10 dark and and 10 light strips. Next, I stitched the strips together.

I pressed the seam allowance towards the dark and cut the strips into 1 1/2" widths. Next, I stitched the pairs together.

Next step was to stitch the segments together. . .first to make a four patch, then press the seams open and finally measure to be sure it measured 2 1/2" square.

I stitched two four patches together to form a 2 1/2" x 4 1/2" segment. Yes, I measured to be sure that I had sewn accurately!

I stitched three of those segments together and that is how I made a 12 1/2" checker board sashing.

I repeated these steps until, at the time of this post, I had finished all 97 sashings needed for this project!

In the beginning, I was concerned that I wouldn't have enough of the fabrics; but, I did. I even had about six inches left of each one!

Now, I'm auditioning fabrics for the cornerstones. Originally, I had planned to use this blue striped fabric with some of the cornerstones sporting a ring buoy. Well, the four blue squares didn't look that great. Drat, I actually have quite a bit of this fabric! Perhaps, it will become a border??

Neither did the dark blue squares "feel" to me like they should belong there.

So, I tried the red squares. Hmmmm. . . .maybe I need to try white??