Uh huh......what she said. I would like to do a scalloped border as well, and watched Jenny from MSQC, but can't seem to get the hang of it.

I'm hooked. I ordered the quilt in a day template, and plan to follow Linda Franz's directions suggested by DottyD. And I Will definitely try first on a baby quilt. Thanks for all the suggestions and links. It took me forever to read them all, but I learned a lot.

I have EB ruler and it is all explained there. Easy.

Marianne Fons has a book Fabulous Feathers (I think) that details using tracing paper to get amazing accurate scallops without a lot of math...

I thought that you were cooking! I love scallops! Yum!

sandy

I saw the easiest method from Bonnie K Browning ever of calculating scallops. All you do is take a piece of adding paper (available at dollar store) and cut/tear it the length of your quilt - 1/2". Then you just fold it in half. Open it up & then fold each edge to the middle. Open that up & fold each of the lines so it touches the next & crease. When the creased boxes are about the right size that you want for your scallops, that's how wide you make them.

You open & fold edge to middle & such rather than just folding & folding & folding because opening & folding to the crease is more precise.

Once you know your finished measurement, just add 1/2" for seam allowances.

I hate math. I use the freezer paper method too. One long piece of paper the length of the quilt and fold it until I get scallops the size I want. Draw my curve with the appropriate dinner plate or salad plate and voila, perfect scallops. My scallops are not the same on the short ends but no one has ever noticed. They usually end up with less than a 1/2 inch difference. I always think of my grandmother when I do it this way. She didn't have fancy rulers or a math brain either, just practical applications from her kitchen.

thanks for the advice toverly and Bree. that sounds to be the easiest way to do it. Right now, i'm having rotary cutter problems and tension problems on the FW machine. i guess i'm not to sew today. will try your method of doing the scallops when i get there. See, I knew there was an easy way of doing this. our grandmothers didn't have calculatores or fancy rulers, like a few of you said, and theirs turned out great.