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That's the way I do mine is start with the corners and ease the rest of the designs in. When I made my Glacier star, I traced the pattern piece for the corners and then drew out my feathers on it and then mde a stencil so I can use it over and over again if I should make another quilt like that. Have a great day, Huggies, Fay

If the border is out a little, you should be able to ease in the extra. If it is out a lot, you might have trouble. When you quilt your cables, make sure that don't "move" the extra fabric ahead of you. Work it in as you go or you'll end up with a mess by the time you get to the other end.

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Originally Posted by ChaiQuilter

What did you mean when you wrote that the border appears larger then it should be? The length of the border? The width? Either can be corrected. Did you stencil the border before attaching it to the quilt and then it stretched and messed things up?

no haven't stencilled yet. Prior to layering and quilting ( several years ago ) I'm sure the quilt was laying nice and square and flat. with quilting completed up to the final border, the picture now looks different. is this a natural phenononem or........ will try to tape to floor tonight to get a better picture. maybe I can send a photo,
have left camera at work, so will check in later. thanks for help.

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Originally Posted by ChaiQuilter

I stencil the corners first. Then I find the middle of the border strip and work out to each corner. You will have to fudge a bit. It might help to measure the "repeat" of the border, not including the corner.

I do the same thing. But after you have your corners marked:

Measure the length of the stencil (that will be repeated)
Measure the width between the center of the quilt and where the stencil stopped in the corner.

Divide the length of the stencil (that is to be repeated) into the length of what you just measured.

Let's say the example measures 30" If your stencil is 5", then I would take a pin and mark ever 5". You would repeat the stencil six times. If the stencil is 6", then you would repeat it 5 times.

But if the stencil is 8", then 4 repeats would be 32".
So you need to fit 32" of stencil into a 30" length.
The remainder is 2" divided by number of repeats (4) which is 1/2"

So then you would need to squeeze 1/2" in each of the 4 repeats. I would then mark with a pin every 7.5". DO THE SAME ON THE OTHER SIDE while the figures are still fresh in your mind.

If it was a cable, I would take it out where the cables come together, NOT where they cross.. Sometimes the measurement works better with an odd number. If this doesn't make sense, please feel free to PM me. Get that calculator out. GOOD LUCK !!! :LOL:

I wish websites would put printable options on the instructions.
Some do and it is really nice to be able to print them out.
But some dont and it would take way to many pages and ink to print them out.
dreamweavers is not printable.