Thread: French Braid quilt runner

Hi! I have been working on a long runner version of the French Braid quilt (96" - 9 feet long! for over the stairs), and I like it very much. My question is this: For the black binding and the purple side borders I will have to piece them. Will it look weird to have a seam going across the center on both sides of the large tilted square? Or would it be better to do the border and binding in thirds - might that be more or less distracting?

Here are pics of the original photo that I am working from, and my project so far:


Thank you for your input!!
Matty

Hello in Cheyenne , Wyoming. That is lovely and such wonderful colors too. I've only made one runner and not nearly as pretty. Good work!!

Do you mean to cut the binding on the bias?
I'm a bit confused...

Or do you mean to piece it like I would piece bias binding?

I understand now. Thank you!

For the piecing, I think it is least noticeable done on the diagonal and Irregularly offset from the middle. Definitely not in the center! I would do irregular thirds so no piecing join is exactly opposite another.

All your answers have been so very helpful! Over the course of the next couple of weeks I hope to have it finished, at least in time for Thanksgiving. It will have only about 5" clearance from the top of the ceiling, and 5" from the bottom of the wall over the stairs. Not much room for error!
Thank you all for your contributions. Matty

I agree with the others, both that the runner is beautiful and about bias binding. However, 96" is only 8 feet, so if you have a 9 foot ceiling you have a little wiggle room.

Cari