Advice On These Borders?
01-04-2011, 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by MTS
I think the applique would look lovely, and really enhance the quilt top.
I just have to say this - and I mean no offense - but before you do the applique, please make sure your borders are correctly attached and the correct length....I don't know if it's the picture, but it looks like there is a lot of extra fullness in there.
As you said in your post, you did the sampler blocks to work on some skills. Learning how to properly measure and attach borders is soooooo important. I really can't stress it enough.
I would hate for you to do all that beautiful applique, quilt the quilt, and find out your borders have the topography of the Rocky Mountains. You can't go back and fix it later.
A sampler quilt book might have very generic instructions. I'm sure you can do a search on the board - I did very quickly, but some of the suggestions weren't great, and could lead to even wavier borders. It's so important to understand how do to it correctly.
Feel free to PM me if you want, and I can write out the correct way to do it, and post it here. But you don't just slap them on and sew, not after all that hard work.
I just have to say this - and I mean no offense - but before you do the applique, please make sure your borders are correctly attached and the correct length....I don't know if it's the picture, but it looks like there is a lot of extra fullness in there.
As you said in your post, you did the sampler blocks to work on some skills. Learning how to properly measure and attach borders is soooooo important. I really can't stress it enough.
I would hate for you to do all that beautiful applique, quilt the quilt, and find out your borders have the topography of the Rocky Mountains. You can't go back and fix it later.
A sampler quilt book might have very generic instructions. I'm sure you can do a search on the board - I did very quickly, but some of the suggestions weren't great, and could lead to even wavier borders. It's so important to understand how do to it correctly.
Feel free to PM me if you want, and I can write out the correct way to do it, and post it here. But you don't just slap them on and sew, not after all that hard work.
01-04-2011, 02:36 PM
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I think for colors, I would use the reds that are in the quilt for the flowers, a lighter cream for the centers and a nice autumn green for the stems but not sure. I was also thinking of using the darker brown that's in the roof of the "Madison House" block as the stems. What do you think? Also, I wasn't sure if I should be consistent and use the same red for all the flowers or make the flowers scrappy like the quilt. Any thoughts?
01-04-2011, 03:24 PM
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A small flange of red between the blocks and the border, Just in case/ FYI - a flange is a 1inch maybe 1 1/2 inches strip of fabric folded in half - wrong sides together and placed between the border and another section of the quilt.
I hope this is a welcome comment. I am hoping that I did not step over my bounds.
Edited to add: Do some people do the applique on the border strips before attaching them to the quilt body? It seems to me that would be easier.
I hope this is a welcome comment. I am hoping that I did not step over my bounds.
Edited to add: Do some people do the applique on the border strips before attaching them to the quilt body? It seems to me that would be easier.
01-04-2011, 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by quilter68
Edited to add: Do some people do the applique on the border strips before attaching them to the quilt body? It seems to me that would be easier.
You would do the applique on well measured and marked borders, then attach them. You can finish up the connecting "vine" in the corners when they are all attached.
Back to the borders - just adjusting the edges or ironing them isn't going to make the borders "fit" correctly.
I know it sounds drastic, but I really think
1 - you should take them off,
2 - re-measure a few times,
3 - mark the correct border measurements on the border pieces,
4 - mark your border applique so you know it will fit.
4 - do the applique,
5 - and then reattach the borders correctly.
As for which colors to use for the applique, I wouldn't introduce any new colors not already in the quilt. I'd use brown as the vine, or a darker red. The whole feel of the quilt top is very old-fashioned, almost Amish. Keep it simple.
It will be GORGEOUS when you're all done.
01-04-2011, 05:20 PM
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Originally Posted by MTS
Originally Posted by quilter68
Edited to add: Do some people do the applique on the border strips before attaching them to the quilt body? It seems to me that would be easier.
You would do the applique on well measured and marked borders, then attach them. You can finish up the connecting "vine" in the corners when they are all attached.
Back to the borders - just adjusting the edges or ironing them isn't going to make the borders "fit" correctly.
I know it sounds drastic, but I really think
1 - you should take them off,
2 - re-measure a few times,
3 - mark the correct border measurements on the border pieces,
4 - mark your border applique so you know it will fit.
4 - do the applique,
5 - and then reattach the borders correctly.
As for which colors to use for the applique, I wouldn't introduce any new colors not already in the quilt. I'd use brown as the vine, or a darker red. The whole feel of the quilt top is very old-fashioned, almost Amish. Keep it simple.
It will be GORGEOUS when you're all done.
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