lizzyq

Great ideas, Everyone, and thank you. These will be very helpful to me as I finish quilts for DGS and DGD.

CorgiNole

Harriet Hargrave has instructions for this for a block in one of the quilts in Quilter's Academy Sophomore year. Unfortunately, my book is at home, so I can't access it at the moment.

I think for a quilt border versus a block, you will have to be very precise in the 1/4 inch seam.

Cheers, K

CorgiNole

Here is a blog post from Patchnblock who has made the quilt - showing the care with which the border is done: http://patchnblock.blogspot.com/2011...ck-blocks.html

The technique is the one described above by Ghostrider.

Cheers, K

granny_59

What kind of sewingfoot is Patchnblock using?? I have never seen one like that.

Granny

ghostrider

All you need is a standard ¼" foot. The left edge of the foot follows the last seam line resulting in the new seam line being exactly a quarter inch away. Instead of keeping the right edge of the foot on the raw edges of the fabric, you keep the left edge of the foot up against the last seam. Couldn't be simpler.

Flanges and piping are beautiful and I've used them several times, but they do require some thought so as not to stitch them down with machine quilting. You cannot use a panto and have an inner flange, for example.

sampson001

What about using a 1/4" flange, have just done this on a quilt I am making and it looks very affective.

bearisgray

Lots of suggestions - ghostrider's makes a lot of sense if one wants a pieced border

audsgirl

Thanks for all the good ideas. I've never tried a narrow border or flange because I don't think I could maintain a straight seam allowance.

pamelainsa

I used this the other day and it worked beautifully!

http://www.quiltingboard.com/tutoria...ge-t77821.html

blondeslave

What a neat idea!