The Font Quilt--Finished Blocks

Here's how it's looking with all my blocks finished. I am still going to do a few more where I spray paint didn't go on perfectly or that pesky "J" where the fabric exactly matches the fabric directly above it. (Did I mix up my pattern?)

The Font Quilt blocks laid out.

I really like how this is going. My husband, upon first seeing it, asked me why I included the & and $. Well, because 26 makes a terrible rectangle! But 28 makes this kind of long-skinny panel. (I've seen people use the alphabet and add four blocks for 30 and this makes a more square 5 x 6 panel.)

Now I am debating on whether I should just sew all these blocks together in one big mass or use some sort of sashing inbetween.

At this moment, I am leaning towards using white striped dress shirts as sashing with red squares between, but I'm not sure.

Another thing I need to consider is the finished size I want this to be. A single bed? A wall-hanging? I'm not sure if the spray paint (which dries kind of hard) is the best thing for a cuddly blanket, but it's not any harder than the decals they put on t-shirts.