Sorry for the delay. My daughter turned 6 complete with party and I had to make a quick present for my boss (shown below)!
After buying about 1 1/2 yards of border fabric that inspires you, decide how to divide your strips. You can make them any width as long as they can create mirror images.
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Match the strips (if needed as with the daisies in this set).
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Cut two triangles off each end, the first base down and the second base up.
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Sew one matching triangle to each end. (Save the four odd triagles.) Then sew the two sides together.
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Layer with the backing and batting or a piece of flannel. I used "warm and natural" batting this time.
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Quilt in your favorite style - I like to just "SID" on the printed borders. For the long table toppers, I just left the edges raw.
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But... using those leftoever triangles, I made a 6-sided round topper like shown on the ruler directions and used bias tape to bind it. It is a really versatile project.
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Here is the one I had to make quick Thursday night for my boss! From this fall fabric, I have a leftover strip of fabric because of the way it repeats, and it should make some cute coasters!!
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I stated earlier that it takes an hour... but time flies when quilting, and I think that it probably takes longer. I tried to time it, but quilting without interruptions just isn't going to happen with kids!!