What do I do with this panel?
02-09-2016, 03:33 PM
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What do I do with this panel?
I bought this panel for a quilt for new baby girl in the family, due next month so I wanted something quick to do, the main panel is about 20" x "24 which I was going to put a border around, but then there is 4 x approx 9" squares, what do I do with those?
02-09-2016, 03:45 PM
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You could put the squares together with lattice strips to make the backing of the quilt. Since you have 20" to work with horizontally, you could put a 2" (cut 2 1/2") vertical lattice strip between the two columns of squares. Since you have 24" to work with laterally, you could put a 2" (cut 2 1/2") horizontal lattice strip between the two rows.
This still leaves you with 4" more vertical inches. To fix this, you would do one of three things:
1. Trim 4" off the top of the original panel (front side of quilt), thus making the quilt square.
2. Add 2" (cut 2 1/2") borders to the top and bottom of the back.
3. Increase the size of the horizontal lattice strip to 6" (cut 6 1/2"). (This is my least favorite option.)
This still leaves you with 4" more vertical inches. To fix this, you would do one of three things:
1. Trim 4" off the top of the original panel (front side of quilt), thus making the quilt square.
2. Add 2" (cut 2 1/2") borders to the top and bottom of the back.
3. Increase the size of the horizontal lattice strip to 6" (cut 6 1/2"). (This is my least favorite option.)
02-09-2016, 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by sushi
You could put the squares together with lattice strips to make the backing of the quilt. Since you have 20" to work with horizontally, you could put a 2" (cut 2 1/2") vertical lattice strip between the two columns of squares. Since you have 24" to work with laterally, you could put a 2" (cut 2 1/2") horizontal lattice strip between the two rows.
This still leaves you with 4" more vertical inches. To fix this, you would do one of three things:
1. Trim 4" off the top of the original panel (front side of quilt), thus making the quilt square.
2. Add 2" (cut 2 1/2") borders to the top and bottom of the back.
3. Increase the size of the horizontal lattice strip to 6" (cut 6 1/2"). (This is my least favorite option.)
This still leaves you with 4" more vertical inches. To fix this, you would do one of three things:
1. Trim 4" off the top of the original panel (front side of quilt), thus making the quilt square.
2. Add 2" (cut 2 1/2") borders to the top and bottom of the back.
3. Increase the size of the horizontal lattice strip to 6" (cut 6 1/2"). (This is my least favorite option.)
02-10-2016, 03:28 AM
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There is a pattern called Sidelights which is designed for panels
https://www.anniescatalog.com/detail...FdgYgQodaN4GGg
Your smaller squares could be used for some of the lights and some blenders or coordinating fabric for the rest
https://www.anniescatalog.com/detail...FdgYgQodaN4GGg
Your smaller squares could be used for some of the lights and some blenders or coordinating fabric for the rest
02-10-2016, 06:14 AM
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Usually, I would go to the fabric manufacturers website to see what sample they made with the fabric. Those squares are very large and I might just use them for the backing.
https://www.google.com/search?q=baby...HZ7rAREQsAQIQg
https://www.google.com/search?q=baby...HZ7rAREQsAQIQg
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