Need help making a candy cane quilt border
 

My 8 year old granddaughter, and budding artist, colored a gingerbread man on paper. She gave me the picture with a note attached, "please make a doll quilt out of this". If she lived near me I would have her help me, but alas I'm on my own.

I have the brown gingerbread man on a red background (at her request). It is quilted and now looks fairly plain. I'd like make a candy cane border around the quilt. Any suggestions on how to go about making that type of border???

Thanks,
Grammahunt

sew a little bitty red piece to a little bitty white piece, then to a little bitty red piece, then to a little bitty white piece....seriously, sew long strips of your choice width - red to white to red to white, you can do 6-8 strips, then cut in the width desired, and sew end to end until you have enough for your border.

Or just use red/white striped fabric.....

bias binding using a red and white striped fabric will work. Cutting on the bias will give you that diagonal stripe.

Perhaps appliqué the candy canes scattered around on a solid border?

I would use red & white striped fabric cut on the bias. Will be so cute with your gingerbread man.

Similar to this diagram (Which was drawn for a piano key border) you can piece it if you still want a border instead of binding.
Instead of straight cutting your cross strips, use one of the angle lines on your long ruler to angle the cuts. Join the strips for the length you need. Make your strip set from red and white of course.:D

Jan in VA

Jan's idea is a good one. You can vary the width of the strips for a candy cane effect. Skinny and fat strips would look good together.

Thank you. Excellent ideas. By Jove! I think I've got it!!

Can hardly wait to see it!

I agree with Debra K. You might even find bias red and white stripe bias binding (from Xmas) already made up from Wrights. You might find it on eBay.

Because I already knew I did not have a red strip in my stash I was going to do the pieced border. As I contemplated the time it would take--it had to be done for delivery tonight--I turned and spied a stripe in my stash that would work great. I also wanted the stripe wider, but it was late at night and I messed it up. But it is done!
So here is my project. I think it is a little blank and I'd like to applique some candy and candy canes around the gingerbreads,[ATTACH=CONFIG]465939[/ATTACH] but it is made to the specifications of an 8 year old. I think she will love it. Thank you all for your help. I couldn't have done it without you.

It looks good. Maybe when the two of you visit, you and she can make any changes she wants. The stripe really does set it off. Joyce in DE

It's really cute. She'll be so proud that you followed her pattern suggestion.

Looks great! i like the thin red strip. I was going to suggest that you might luck out and find a diagonal red and white stripe.

You did a great job. She will love it!

Had a visit at home of said granddaughter. She now sleeps with this little blanket. I twas sooooo rewarding! Thanks for all your help. She did love the quilt

Here's M's quilt she designed
 

thanks again for all your help. We are all pleased with how happy it made this little girl.