Proof that there's too much math in quilting
01-26-2012, 06:46 AM
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Your quilt is going to be beautiful. You can look at the mistake as a design opportunity. You could carry a few of the coloured blocks out into the border. If you really want the borders you've chosen, then you're really going to have to buy more fabric. Oh boo hoo, another trip to the fabric store!
01-26-2012, 07:20 AM
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I ran out of border fabric on a quilt once. I centered the borders along the length of each side and then used the contrasting print from the center to make a "L" shaped corner to fill in the gaps.
Another idea is to cut the border in half and fill in the middle of the border with a contrasting fabric.
Another idea is to cut the border in half and fill in the middle of the border with a contrasting fabric.
01-26-2012, 07:21 AM
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Your quilt is going to be beautiful. You can look at the mistake as a design opportunity. You could carry a few of the coloured blocks out into the border. If you really want the borders you've chosen, then you're really going to have to buy more fabric. Oh boo hoo, another trip to the fabric store!
01-26-2012, 07:48 AM
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Yes dark cornerstones. like Jill suggested. It is so pretty. I put on two borders measuring them on the quilt, not measuring tapes involved. Then after they are sewn and pressed, I measure for the last two using the fabric for the border itself. No numbers, no math.
01-26-2012, 08:16 AM
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I am pretty good at math , but when I need it most for some quilting project.... thats when I am bound to have an error! Maybe when we use the creative side of our brains , it numbs the other side that does the math.
01-26-2012, 01:18 PM
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I did feel like a numbskull after I saw those borders...
01-26-2012, 02:05 PM
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Your quilt is beautiful and I sure can empathize because the math trips me up a lot more than I care to confess. Boy have I ever learned " measure twice, cut once" and now I usually measure at least 3 times and I can still get tripped up. Grrrrrr. Don't get discouraged though, it is so worth fixing - it is beautiful.
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