Baby quilt with a shirred border

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03-23-2010, 11:42 AM

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azam

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Hmmm, interesting. I've only seen that done on antique quilts, the satin ones.

03-23-2010, 12:54 PM

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Pamela Artman

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Originally Posted by Rachel

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.

I hand quilted this quilt and quilted on either side of it, but left the shirring as it was.

03-23-2010, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Martina

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!

It's very easy to do. Just cut your fabric about 1 1/2 times what you need and gather both sides to fit the borders next to it.

03-23-2010, 12:57 PM

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Oklahoma Suzie

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Cute.

03-23-2010, 01:13 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Martina

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!

It's very easy to do. Just cut your fabric about 1 1/2 times what you need and gather both sides to fit the borders next to it.

sounds easy enough..I will try that...thank you :-D

03-23-2010, 01:15 PM

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I love it !!!! :-D

03-23-2010, 02:16 PM

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Your quilt is very pretty (love, love the bright colors) but like everyone else, I'm captivated by the whole idea of a shirred border. How do you quilt that part? Does it wear out faster than the rest of the quilt?

03-23-2010, 03:02 PM

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I love the look of the shirred border. I have never seen it before.

It is a bright and cheery quilt :)

03-23-2010, 03:14 PM

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My question...do you quilt the shirred border? I have thought about doing one but wasn't sure how they are usually finished....I really like the looks of yours!!!

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03-23-2010, 03:19 PM

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FYI - If you are wanting to do a gathered (shirred) length that is longer than one width of fabric, you can just start and stop your gathering at each seam line, so you don't have such a huge expanse to do all in one stretch.