i just rounded the second corner on this quilt and where i squished the template last time, i thought - okay - four cables out from the corner i elongated the centre of the design by half an inch, which when i laid the template on the quilt should have brought me comfortably to the corner and made for a nice smooth integration with the corner design.
it didn't. now i have one corner with a squished cable section and one with an elongated cable section that looks worse than the squish. i've never had so much trouble with border designs in my life. this is a simple two cord amish cable from pepper corey's book. it shouldn't be this hard to fit it, but i am doing something really wrong.
is the answer here to draft the whole border first, before quilting at all? i tend to draw the stencil as i go because the marks just wear off in the time it takes me to get there. i quilt with a hoop, so the fabric is constantly rubbing against itself.
and because murphy loves quilting, both of these "errors" are along the top of the stupid thing where hiding them under the label would just be silly.
i am so frustrated. i know you guys have the answers. please share.
and because we love pictures so, i enclose the completed label. i need to make sure it gets done before the calendar flips and at this rate...well..
thanks
aileen
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