Baby quilt with a shirred border

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03-23-2010, 04:19 AM

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MamaBear61

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What a pretty quilt

03-23-2010, 04:25 AM

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jewelps

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very nice

03-23-2010, 08:14 AM

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Pamela Artman

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Originally Posted by GailG

Gorgeous! Is the shirred border pieced or is it striped fabric? And was the shirring done with a machine attachment or was it done by pulling threads? "Inquiring minds want to know." {{{{{{{grin}}}}}}}}}

The border is a striped fabric. I basted along the edges and pulled the threads to gather it up. My girlfriend started to do one on a large quilt and she gave up and took it out. It was just too much gathering for a large quilt. So, if you do one, start small!! LOL

03-23-2010, 08:21 AM

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watterstide

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I have never seen one either! and it looks so cool! great job!

03-23-2010, 08:38 AM

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Marjpf

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I've never seen it before, but will now add it to my idea stash. It looks great!

03-23-2010, 08:42 AM

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very pretty

03-23-2010, 09:01 AM

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mytwopals

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Very nice. :thumbup:

03-23-2010, 11:31 AM

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GailG

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Originally Posted by GailG

Thanks for the response, but I'm too old to sweat the big stuff like that. I just wondered if you had pieced the border and then gathered -- which would have been a monumental task.

I remember making the swing skirts with shirring between the tiers when I was a teenager. (We called them peasant skirts.) Lots of pulling of threads and spacing gathers! Now I've really dated myself, huh. That was in the fifties!! There is a ruffling attachment that can be used, but I've never figured out how much ruffling to do on how much fabric. :roll: So I'll stick to the simpler stuff. Thanks for sharing your beautiful work with us.

03-23-2010, 11:36 AM

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Rachel

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wow, that's adorable... but I have a question, how would you quilt it? do you just quilt like its flat??? very cute though, you did an awesome job.

03-23-2010, 11:39 AM

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Martina

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I learn something new every day here.shirred border..are the any instruction ( instruction for dummies :-) on how to do it here on the board? I love it...your quilt is very pretty!