Originally Posted by
mac
I have done a medallion quilt with a vine border and I found it easier to work with the border by itself and then attach it to the main quilt. You didn't mention how large your quilt is, but mine was a queen-sized quilt. Working with all that material is really difficult when you are appliqueing. Just make sure that you have extra length and width in the border because it may shrink a bit after you finish appliqueing.
The quilt will be about 60”x 66”. And the vine border will be 48”x54”. The vine continues around the corners and crosses in the center of the border, so if I attach the border after appliquing it will be easiest to have the border seams at or near the center on each side where one vine stops and the other starts. Thanks for your thoughts.