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Old 02-01-2014, 05:55 AM
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jaba
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This next one is called herringbone. Use 3 1/2" x 6 1/2" rectangle and 3 1/2" squares. Complete instructions for this border are found on the Quilters Cache website.
This was my odd size row that I needed to find the extra 2" somewhere, so in the centers of each side and the corners, I used the waste triangles from the rectangle pieces, sewed a 2 x 5" strip to each side and a 1 1/4 x 8" strip to the top and bottom to make the block. 6 1/2 x 6 1/2" blocks for each corner.

When I was sewing the 3 1/2" squares on the rectangles I chain sewed those through the machine and before I cut the triangles off I fed them back through the machine and sewed again 1/2" over, then cut between the 2 rows of stitching so the extra triangles were already sewn. When sewn together mine measured 5". You can see my pile of them, so will have them somewhere to use on the quilt later on.[ATTACH=CONFIG]459828[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]459830[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]459831[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]459832[/ATTACH]
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