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Mitered Corners
I designed a block on my EQ program and it has mitered corners. The block is a 3" square in the middle with 1" borders around the block. The pattern prints out with the mitered corners. How do I sew these strips on to the block with the mitered corners? I'm aware of the techniques used for borders but I was hoping that the block could be sewn with the corners already mirrored.
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I don't know of any other way to do this other than the same technique you would use with a border.
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Thanks PaperPrincess -- Im thinking you're right.
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Yes, you do it the same manner that you use for your quilt corners. In fact, using small blocks is a great way to practice doing mitered corners.
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Can't you just border the blocks the easy way, or are you using a fabric that really calls for mitering? You can be sneaky and put a HST in the corner and sew strips onto it......have done that on attic windows......
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Sashing is a border around a block so it would be mitered like a border but I found I can't do that and not stabilize the blocks or I will have a mess of fullness.
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Wish you had posted a photo. ON EQ7, you just click on the Export Image and I save them with my photos. Lot easier than EQ5!!
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Mitered Corners
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Unbeknownst to me I had started this thread in the Introduction section instead of the Main section of the Board - that's what I get for not paying attention to where I am - LOL. I designed this n EQ7 but I didn't spend a lot of time with the fabric colors as I just wanted to see if I had the layout right. I want this to e a scrappy quilt. What I'm trying to find out is how to sew the squares. I' now going to attempt to attach the design. Thanks for any help with this.
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It depends on whether or not you want to do Y seams at the mitered corners. That would be one way to do it. The other is to make a half-square triangle block of the 2 corner colors of each corner - this eliminates the need for a Y seam.
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you can do it with HSTs for the corners
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