The lengths of the sashing vary, but the longest length is 66 1/2", and those are the 2 strips that go vertically between the whole center section (A thru Z) and the light blue borders. You'll be cutting a total of 4 sashing strips, 1 1/2" x 45 1/2", that are the horizontal sashing strips that are above and below the sections of A thru J, and below the sections of K thru O, and T thru Z. Those are all the longest lengths of sashing, and the rest will be shorter, but vary in length. Hope that makes sense, and hope it helps!

That sounds right, Lorna.... I'm concerned about the dark inner border- I'm using the same fabric for my alphabet, so don't want to not have enough length-wise strips without a lot of piecing.... I'm not even going to cut the flange or outer border yet- I'm using my stash for the patchwork blocks, so didn't buy all the yardages.

So the light blue border is the 9.5" and the lime green is 2".

Thanks Janet_ We Should cut the sashing lengthwise, yes? Should we cut them all first, before cutting the letters... Guess i need to know what the length of the dark inner borders are....?

I recommend tearing the strips for the border first into 4 - 9 1/2" strips, and the flange (which should have been listed as lime green, not yellow) into 8 - 2" strips. I don't think I tore the strips for the sashing, since it is so narrow. I just cut those. Yes, the lime green flange goes just inside the binding. There will be a smaller star applique that will be used in some of the other letters, but the one with the F pattern will also be used again.

In the 10 things you need to know, t'was mentioned about ripping the fabric lengthwise.... You didn't mention how many strips of the SASHING we should rip- I don't want to cut the letters before I have my strips for the sashing on the LW grain....[been there, know the consequences!!!]... Flange was mentioned, that is for the binding?
Also, the little star applicay on the F template, is it the one to use in all the blocks?