has anyone tried scalloped borders
04-02-2011, 05:56 PM
#21
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I have done one quilt with scalloped borders and though it was more time consuming, it was worth the extra effort. I have every intention of doing many more in the future when the quilt calls for it. The biggest problem I ran into was I used the store bought binding. It's so stiff and hard to work with. I will make my own next time.
I used the Darlene Zimmerman template and liked it just fine. Here's a picture of my scalloped border;
I used the Darlene Zimmerman template and liked it just fine. Here's a picture of my scalloped border;
04-03-2011, 02:54 AM
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Originally Posted by mimom
if so would you do them again and do you have any advise or tricks that you learned. I cant seem to figure out what to do with this quilts borders so why not try scallops most everything else in this was something new to try.
http://lindafranz.com/section/scallops/38
04-03-2011, 04:37 AM
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I was amazed at how "simple" they were. Time consuming - yes, difficult - no. I owe some pics to some people who provided instructions both on this board - just completed the quilt this week. The main things I learned: get a scalloped tool (Quilt in a Day or Terry Clothier (I used Terry Clothier); watch a video you can find on YouTube about scalloped edges (Quilt in a Day tool); stitch the scalloped edges down at the very edge before cutting; use the exact same color thread as the binding (the inside scallop shows the stitch in the point); pull tight going into the point and push fabric slightly into the feed dogs on the outside curve. All of the reports I heard were to use a narrow binding - 1 5/8" to start with. I found this way too narrow and went to 2". I had no problem with this, nor did I have trouble with the seam falling directly in the crevice. I assembled all of my binding together thinking if a seam was going to fall in the crevice, I'd just cut and unstitch and make a seam in another place. First time I came near the crevice it hit dead on. I went past it a bit, then turned it and all was good - kept going with no worries about where the seam fell. Don't watch posts (no time for that - want to be sewing along!), so if you want any more info you'll have to PM. Have fun and good luck.
04-03-2011, 04:38 AM
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Binding a scallopped edge is the hard part. Make sure you cut the binding out on the bias and take your time sewing it on. I bought one of those scallopped edge templates, then chickened out and did a wavy border. I like the result, so one of these days I'll be braver!
04-03-2011, 05:19 AM
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MiMom ... you have a beautiful modern sampler there! While it would be nice to try the scallops, IMHO the work you'd do, just wouldn't have a chance to show on this quilt.
My thoughts would be to frame it up simply with a dark border. There's enough happening in the centre that you don't want to have your eyes drawn to the border, rather to all the different blocks in the sampler.
Let us know what your LQS friends suggest when they see it IRL.
LQS = Longarm Quilt Society? or?
My thoughts would be to frame it up simply with a dark border. There's enough happening in the centre that you don't want to have your eyes drawn to the border, rather to all the different blocks in the sampler.
Let us know what your LQS friends suggest when they see it IRL.
LQS = Longarm Quilt Society? or?
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