Thanks Rhonda. Great video to try for my next piano key border.

I had lots and lots of strips of different lengths and different widths. I sewed the too-short ones together. I had a pile of pieced strips and a pile of complete strips. I put them all together so that every other one was pieced.
A few places there is no pieced strip. I make sure that the join is not too close to an edge. If it was close, I cut it in half and found another piece to make it long enough with the seam closer to the middle.
I sew them all together in a big long row, but I make sure I always start at the same edge. When one edge of the row is straight cut the other edge straight with the ruler and cutter.

So many good ideas. I will watch the tutorial. Especially like idea of sewing in 8” lengths and squaring up. Will attempt it after my shoulder blade settles down. Tripped on someone’s bag at a quilt retreat last week and out of commission for awhile. Oh the hazards of our hobby.

I'm from Wisconsin too.But what is a piano key border? Never heard of it.Could be I know it by another name.

here are some images of piano key borders https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C...w=1042&bih=738
do you know them by another name?

I like that real piano key border. Another way to do that might be to sew with a quite long stitch along that yellow line. Whenever a key is needed, put it there upside down, so that the end of the black key is just over the yellow line. Sew along the yellow line catching each key end as you go. When all the keys have been sewn on upside down, flip them up and sew all around them. Then remove that long stitching where it is seen.
This might be an easier way to turn under that tiny edge of the ribbon.

Thanks QuiltnNan great link with lots of options.

You're welcome, glad to help

We had a fellow quilter in our Guild who sewed with used dryer sheets. She used them as foundations. I can see a piano key border made out of them with different widths. You could piece the widths to 6 inches and the dryer sheets would keep them from curving. As my piano key borders seem to do.

thank you Toverly, what a great idea. Think I will keep the sheets and do trial run. My thought was how do I keep them straight. This might be the best plan. The sheets are very thin after use so I don't think they will add much extra weight in the border. Do you start and end with a bit of fabric that is not on the sheet so that the seams only have the fabric in them?