LadyAg

I am making a reproduction quilt circa 1860 and do not have access to the actual quilt. I have a color picture that does not show much detail. The quilt blocks all have a white background with traditional red and green appliqué coxcombs.

The quilt also has red piping along the binding edge, but only the round piping itself shows- none of the red fabric edge that made the piping shows at all. I have wracked/wrecked my brain trying to figure out how this was done! Only the red piping shows. The rest of the binding is white.

Does anyone know how this could be done?? The original quilt was all hand sewn and quilted. How would you do this using today’s techniques?

Thanks for your help!