Originally Posted by harkness48
To get a similar effect, you could use what the Ozzies called a peeper or popper. It peeps out & it makes things pop.
Cut 1", iron in half, & place it between the 2 fabrics being sewn, - as if you were putting piping in, but this is larger & flat. Looks great. We did a bright quilt with black as one of the dominant colors, then the border had a black background, but, you know it, all blacks are not the same, so I put a red peeper in to separate them, - did the trick plus looked great.
I first saw this when I was there on vacation & went to my sister in laws guild.
Yes, I've done something similar by putting in two of these narrow borders in different colors to make each pop against each other and the other wider border. I like the name "peeper" too!