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Originally Posted by PaperPrincess (Post 7491995)

When I do a piano key, I have the borders 'chase' each other. Sort of log cabin style. Here's some instructions and a very rough sketch
1) add the border to right side. Make it even with the top, have extra piano keys, the width of your border. Leave an inch or two unsewn to the quilt at the bottom.
2) Add the top border, start even with the left side and end it even with the edge of the border on the right
3) add left border
4) add the bottom
5) now sew the little bit of the first border to the lower right edge of the quilt and the edge of the bottom border.

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Here's an example of a quilt with this piano key method (it's the second quilt, the star)
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...s-t261037.html

this is how i frequently do my piano key borders. i like miters too if the 'keys' are wide. i haven't placed a block in the corners ..never thought of it ..but examples shown in this thread i really like! ...so i will try corner blocks next time too :)

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Originally Posted by bdschafer (Post 7492041)

I really like that pattern.. I would love to get all that fabric, but went to their site and didn't see any that the pattern shows. I looked around at the different shops that were shown, but I guess I'd need to call them!?!? Is that the only way to get that fabric?

I did a search for "let there be music whistler studios" and found different pieces of the fabric at different stores. You might have to order from 3 or 4 different stores, but I think you can get all the fabric in the quilt online.

I think this is the version Tartan described - if I don't use a block/square in the corner, I do it this way - kind of a reverse log cabin:
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I do a small block that complement the other blocks.