View Single Post
Old 04-21-2011, 07:13 PM
  #5  
Greeter Eva
Senior Member
 
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 466
Default

Originally Posted by Susan T
I inherited a Grandmother's Flower Garden top that my Great Grandmother made in the late 1930's. It is hand pieced with 1 inch octagons. I want to know how to finish the outside edge now, so I can decide how to proceed. I have seen these quilts cut straight across and finished with binding, quilts bound around all the octagons with both tape and without and one with the quilt appliqued to a wide border. No matter how I proceed, doing it by hand is labor intensive. I need guidance as I have limited hand quilting experience. Thanks Susan
Hi Susan, I would applique it to a border. That's what I did. Did you mean hexagons or are they really octagons? What ever you do, it is a real treasure. >>
Greeter Eva is offline