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Old 10-07-2012, 04:34 AM
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I am working on a tumbler quilt. I would like to leave the edges without a border. Binding is not my favorite thing. Will it be too hard to bind the blocks as is or should I go ahead and do the border? Thanks.
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Old 10-07-2012, 04:39 AM
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I did a flag with the tumbler pattern and did not put a border on it. The binding went on really easier than I thought it would.
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I made four Tumbler quilts this year and all of them had the sides cut straight with no border. Good luck. Great quilt to make.
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Old 10-07-2012, 04:55 AM
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Depending on the quilt and its colors, sometimes no border is the right design choice. Do post a photo of your quilt - it's on my to-do list.
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Old 10-08-2012, 02:26 AM
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Thanks for the replies. I don't want the sides to be straight. I want them to be zigzaggy like the blocks. I'm not sure about binding all those angles.
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Here is what I did for one for charity.
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Old 10-08-2012, 04:56 AM
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Marcy Baker has a site, I think on You Tube doing hexagons. The process would probably work for The Tumbler as well. Or perhaps you could do the "birthing" method?
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