Originally Posted by alang6
I love this quilt so much that I went to the library to find the pattern. The problem is that my favorite part of this quilt is the checkered border which was not part of the original pattern. Could you please tell me how you constructed that?
I got the border idea from American Patchwork and Quilting October 2010 issue. It's the quilt on the cover. I did use the same size squares as in the blocks of the quilt (1 3/4 inches , 1 square dark - 3 squares color and another square dark to frame it.), you could strip piece and cut. then just reassemble in a stairstep fashion and trim the corners off of the dark sqares to straighten the edges and to turn it on point. Hope this helps :)
Thank you all for all the nice comments!
And Dixie thanks you also :)
She ended up not getting the quilt after all. I was trying to find a spot that was not blazing sun to take the picture, but I could not keep her off it. And who could resist that face?