narrow borders
11-29-2011, 04:30 AM
#21
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I am going to have to do one on a quilt I am doing for my son, for some reason I didnt think about the inner boarder when I bought the fabric and now I dont have enough to to it so I was thinking of making a flanged one to offset the quitl from the outer wider boarder.....Thanks for the instructions !!!
11-29-2011, 05:12 AM
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Thank you all for the flange idea and the time to explain how it is done. It is something that I will definitely try in the future, however, for the quilt that I am doing, I would prefer to not have a 3D effect for the little 1/4" border.
11-30-2011, 10:44 AM
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I like to make a little flange and just put in in the seam between the border and the quilt. It's easy to get it even this way, and adds a little dimension to the quilt top. To do this I cut a 1" wide strip, fold it in half, lay along the raw edge and enclose it in my 1/4 inch seam. That leaves a 1/4 inch flange.
11-30-2011, 10:53 AM
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I recently bought the piping hot tool: http://www.piecesbewithyou.com/patte...ing_detail.htm
I used it on my candycorn flower wallhanging and one other quilt that I have not taken a picture of yet. It does take a little more time, but the results are great!
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...g-t161059.html
I used it on my candycorn flower wallhanging and one other quilt that I have not taken a picture of yet. It does take a little more time, but the results are great!
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...g-t161059.html
Last edited by Sallyjane; 11-30-2011 at 10:57 AM.
11-30-2011, 04:56 PM
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I like to make a little flange and just put in in the seam between the border and the quilt. It's easy to get it even this way, and adds a little dimension to the quilt top. To do this I cut a 1" wide strip, fold it in half, lay along the raw edge and enclose it in my 1/4 inch seam. That leaves a 1/4 inch flange.
11-30-2011, 04:58 PM
#28
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If the flange is only 1/4" wide, it really doesn't appear 3 D, at least to me, on the quilts I've done.
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