I want to learn how to make different borders
10-08-2011, 03:15 PM
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there is a really really good book out there called:
BORDERS, BINDINGS & EDGES The Art of Finishing Your Quilt
by Sally Collins
this book will teach you sooooo much about borders= finishing techniques- how to make them fit- how to choose the right finishing for your quilts- it is an invaluable resource which i seem to always have within reach!
i highly recommend this book for anyone who makes quilts beyond just copying someones pattern
BORDERS, BINDINGS & EDGES The Art of Finishing Your Quilt
by Sally Collins
this book will teach you sooooo much about borders= finishing techniques- how to make them fit- how to choose the right finishing for your quilts- it is an invaluable resource which i seem to always have within reach!
i highly recommend this book for anyone who makes quilts beyond just copying someones pattern
10-08-2011, 04:41 PM
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Originally Posted by ckcowl
there is a really really good book out there called:
BORDERS, BINDINGS & EDGES The Art of Finishing Your Quilt
by Sally Collins
this book will teach you sooooo much about borders= finishing techniques- how to make them fit- how to choose the right finishing for your quilts- it is an invaluable resource which i seem to always have within reach!
i highly recommend this book for anyone who makes quilts beyond just copying someones pattern
BORDERS, BINDINGS & EDGES The Art of Finishing Your Quilt
by Sally Collins
this book will teach you sooooo much about borders= finishing techniques- how to make them fit- how to choose the right finishing for your quilts- it is an invaluable resource which i seem to always have within reach!
i highly recommend this book for anyone who makes quilts beyond just copying someones pattern
I also have (and have used twice) "The Border Workbook" by Janet Kime.
Yes pieced borders require math :) Both books teach you the math to use to make the borders fit properly at the corners both by utilizing strip borders and adjusting the size of the pieces in the pieced border.
Below are two borders that I made from the Border Workbook book. As I said - haven't tried any YET from the Sally Collins book - but I will! I LOVE a pieced border!! Tricky suckers though :)
Photo taken prior to finishing. I had actually fixed the corner piece a tad before I quilted it.
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You can just see the edge - a simple diamond border. Sorry, no pic of the corners - but they match.
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10-08-2011, 04:45 PM
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I am currently hand quilting a double irish chain, almost done with the center, but I don't know how to quilt the border. The project has been going on so long, I am actually getting bored with it! What can I do that is not too difficult? I was thinking of just crosshatching, what do you all think?
10-08-2011, 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by jlong
Can you show me your different borders? How do you determine how they will fit since they may have a pattern?
10-08-2011, 05:04 PM
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Found another one. this is a quilt made with scraps and extra half-square triangles from two other quilts. It's hanging on my living room wall but will soon be replaced with another.
Forgot to add that this one took some figuring out. I took the length of the center of the quilt and divided by the number of diamonds that I wanted to do. This gave me the length of each diamond. Added the seam allowance and that was it. Using graph paper and drawing it out can be very helpful.
Forgot to add that this one took some figuring out. I took the length of the center of the quilt and divided by the number of diamonds that I wanted to do. This gave me the length of each diamond. Added the seam allowance and that was it. Using graph paper and drawing it out can be very helpful.
10-08-2011, 05:07 PM
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http://www.amazon.com/Border-Workboo.../dp/1564771849 I have this book. Book is ususally at JoAnns Doghouse mentioned this book to you.
Border here is from half square triangles left from cutting the corners off the snowball blocks.
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Busy quilt. Just added left over strips from the blocks.
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