Believe it or not, this quilt has sashing to separate the blocks.

For this quilt, I wanted more separation between the blocks than just the backing fabric.

Another option would have been to sew the hearts on a larger piece of background fabric. But when I made this series of baby quilts, I started with a giant stack of hearts already appliqued onto background fabric.

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In this quilt with simple sashing, the contrasting fabric creates a frame around each heart block and separates them from each other.

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This quilt has narrow sashing with small cornerstones.

The purpose of the sashing is to separate the blocks.

Often the same sashing design is used around the outside of the quilt before the border.

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Using multiple strips of fabric as sashing creates a different look.

In this quilt I have used cornerstones between the blocks in order to "handle" the intersection of the stripes. Another way to do that would have been to stretch the stripes across the width of the quilt and have the vertical stripes "dead end" into the horizontal stripes.

Because I wanted a final frame, I used the stripes around the outside of the quilt, leaving the cornerstones out.

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This sashing was created from silk ties, but could easily be made using cotton fabric.

Simply cut the fabric at a slight angle, and "square it up" as you add onto the strip.

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Pieced sashing is another option and Flying Geese blocks are great for sashing.

In this quilt, the geese running across the quilt between the blocks are made using the fabric in the bears.

For the vertical sashing, I have used 2 sets of Flying Geese blocks using green fabrics with a "trunk" in order to create trees.

This was my solution to the cornerstone dilemma.

Because this quilt needed something to make it larger and even out the spacing of the blocks, I added wide strips between the blocks in the top and bottom rows and then on the sides of the block in the middle.

This was one of a series of butterfly quilts I created using blocks my mother-in-law made when she was a child. Each of her grandchildren got a quilt with some of the butterfly blocks - each with a different design.

Sashing doesn't need to be even, either.

In this quilt, I put the blocks on point and added sashing between the rows but not between the blocks.

This was a teacher quilt where each child in quilting daughter Stephanie's 2nd grade class decorated a heart and we assembled the quilt.

Another design idea is to put "sashing" between columns of blocks, similar to the quilt above.

In this quilt, the 4 patch blocks are sewn next to each other in the columns, and then strips of fabric were added between the columns.

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This quilt uses two different types of sashing, each for a different purpose.

The blocks in this quilt are many different sizes, so I added the "Attic Windows" frames to make them the same size.

Then, to add to the separation of each window, I added sashing with cornerstones. Because the cornerstones are bright orange, that sashing stands out even more.

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