I'm helping my mom make her first quilt. It's a basic Irish chain, and we want to have a very narrow border (hot pink) then about a 1 inch finished border in dark brown, then the outer border using the greens in her block fabrics (lots of birds and leaves)--probably 3 inches.
So that very narrow hot pink border. I'm envisioning something cut an inch, then folded in half, and sewn in as a "flap". About 1/4 inch all around. It looks good on the design wall. But what I'm having trouble thinking through is how to deal with the corners. I guess I could miter them, the same way I would when doing a binding? Or would it look ok to run them to the edge, and basically have a double layer of the pink in the very corners? The downside would be that it's a lot of thicknesses of fabric. But it might look neater. Any thoughts? Things I haven't thought through? Does anyone know what that kind of border treatment is called? I said piping, but I know that piping usually has a cord inside and is more dimensional. If you've done this, I'd love to see photos which show how you approached it. TIA RST |
I asked for help on piping and someone gave me a site that was helpful. Check out that post
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-78582-1.htm |
I think that you are talking about a flange. I haven't done this kind of detail, but I would think that a mitered corner would be best. I see the corner hand stitched together along the diagonal opening. Post pictures when you are finished.
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Flange - yes, that's the word. I knew there was a term for this, but just could not dredge it up. That will make a search easier.
Michelle -- thanks for the link too. RST |
most of the time the ones I have seen haven't mitered the flanges. I guess it depends on the look you like the best :D:D:D
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I did a flange on a wall hanging and mitered the corners. It's really pretty easy. You sew the flange to the main part and when you get to the corner you just fold the end under and make the folds match.
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love mitered corners but would not use them for a flange. post pictures when you are finished.
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Thanks Scissor Queen -- your flange is so nice and square. I'm off to practice on a hotpad or something.
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Originally Posted by RST
Thanks Scissor Queen -- your flange is so nice and square. I'm off to practice on a hotpad or something.
RST |
I believe I saw tute yesterday on this board about adding a FLANGE, which was a small strip of fabric before the borders are added. Sorry I dont remember who shared it but is was titled "Whats a flange?"
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I just did this on a quilt that I'm making and didn't know how to do it either. When I was coming to a corner I stopped about 2" from the corner, raised the border piece and sewed the flange down with a 1/8" seam. Then I started it on the next edge the same way. After doing that I put the border piece on top of it and sewed a 1/4" seam, cut it off at the end, pressed the border open then started the across the next side. It worked for me although I don't know if that's the correct way of doing it. Except for the corners I sewed the flange and the border on at the same time.
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Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
I did a flange on a wall hanging and mitered the corners. It's really pretty easy. You sew the flange to the main part and when you get to the corner you just fold the end under and make the folds match.
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