What I actually did was follow the pieced border seam to travel to make the two outer quilting lines. I messed up and had to redo it so I had to lift the needle, otherwise it would have been done with no needle lifts. But considering it was my first time trying that as well as using a much lighter thread than the border, it's hardly noticeable.
Am VERY happy to report that I spent quite a few hours over the weekend working on another UFO. It's a set of 12 blue and yellow 9 1/2 inch unfinished blocks from, oh, 2003 maybe? Maybe my second BOM at a LQS that's now out of biz. In any case, I've got 2 more to quilt and then i'm going to use Sewbizgirl's QAYG tutorial to turn those old blocks into a small quilt. Holy cow. How easy it is to quilt a small block like that if I'm just doing straight lines. So much better than the FMQ I've repeatedly failed at...but I'm not completely giving up on that yet either. But for now...MAYBE I'll have another finish before May. Fingers crossed!
Originally Posted by
oksewglad
I just looked at this closer...if you extend your diagonal lines into the border you don't have to quilt it separately...I like to use a hera marker and ruler to extend those markings.