How to design the corners of a "Piano Key" border?
03-14-2016, 12:28 PM
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How about a variation of the dresden plate idea, so your strips could kind of curve around the corner, wider at the outside of the curve and narrower at the inside of the curve? I'd eliminate the partial circle which is usually at the center of a dresden plate to keep some continuity to the design of your piano keys.
03-20-2016, 11:48 AM
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I am just getting ready to put the binding on a quilt I just finished with a piano key border and got my graph paper out and made a bear paw pattern in each corner. I am so pleased with it. Wish I knew how to put pics on the QB but not that advanced yet.
03-20-2016, 02:21 PM
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I just found this picture today and thought of this topic.....which, when I returned to my email, I found at the top of the list!! So I knew I was supposed to share this link with you all.
[disclaimer: if you get to searching this site, as I have just done, be prepared to give up fixing dinner and maybe even your sleep. I just spent over TWO hours playing here!!]
Notice how this quilter from 1879 handled her piano key borders. Sometimes there is nothing new under the sun!
http://americanhistory.si.edu/collec...3A%22Images%22
Jan in VA
[disclaimer: if you get to searching this site, as I have just done, be prepared to give up fixing dinner and maybe even your sleep. I just spent over TWO hours playing here!!]
Notice how this quilter from 1879 handled her piano key borders. Sometimes there is nothing new under the sun!
http://americanhistory.si.edu/collec...3A%22Images%22
Jan in VA
03-20-2016, 07:31 PM
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[QUOTE=tapper;7493913][QUOTE=maviskw;7493707]
Here's a couple options
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00TOZ...02FNSSY5VQH78F
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00MXC...02FNSSY5VQH78F
Originally Posted by tapper
to bdschafer....
I have been buying up 'music' fabric over the past few months but haven't seen any with piano keys.
I did know that but was thinking that maybe you could buy fabric that looked like piano keys. The fabric used in the free pattern is keyboard fabric. http://www.windhamfabrics.com/cgi-bi...?patternID=484
I have been buying up 'music' fabric over the past few months but haven't seen any with piano keys.
I did know that but was thinking that maybe you could buy fabric that looked like piano keys. The fabric used in the free pattern is keyboard fabric. http://www.windhamfabrics.com/cgi-bi...?patternID=484
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00TOZ...02FNSSY5VQH78F
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00MXC...02FNSSY5VQH78F
03-20-2016, 07:35 PM
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Etsy has somr cool ones too.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1235791...FdM2gQodo_cEXg
https://www.etsy.com/listing/2611887...FdcRgQodoKwLug
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1235791...FdM2gQodo_cEXg
https://www.etsy.com/listing/2611887...FdcRgQodoKwLug
10-03-2018, 10:14 AM
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I love to make piano key borders because I can use up a lot of left over fabrics from the quilt. I usually just make a square of the appropriate size for each corner of a piece of fabric from colors in the quilt. Please share a pic with us what you decide
10-03-2018, 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by ManiacQuilter2
You can just use a plain corner square or you can take some sewn piano keys and make a haft square triangle so it looks like you mitered the corner.
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