Can you help me construct this border please?
01-07-2017, 05:09 PM
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Can you help me construct this border please?
I am probably over-thinking this. Are these just strips sewn together and then cut on the diagonal? I think this cold weather is giving me brain freeze!
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01-07-2017, 05:42 PM
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01-07-2017, 08:28 PM
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I don't know how it was made. There are cornerstone type squares on the end of each of the strips so I dont think you can just sew strips together and then cut on an angle.
Okay, I just went a looked at french braid and that's what it looks like to me, too.
Okay, I just went a looked at french braid and that's what it looks like to me, too.
01-07-2017, 08:44 PM
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I think it's made like the free runner pattern from Quiltbug. http://phoebemoon.com/Patterns/tabletopper.htm
You add a block to one end of the strip for the braid before you sew them together. You'd not use the block in the center of the table topper - just sew all strips and then cut the size you want. Quilts Galore has easy directions for a braided border. You could add the little squares and then make it wider by using longer strips.
You add a block to one end of the strip for the braid before you sew them together. You'd not use the block in the center of the table topper - just sew all strips and then cut the size you want. Quilts Galore has easy directions for a braided border. You could add the little squares and then make it wider by using longer strips.
01-08-2017, 06:09 AM
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I did something like this on my sons quilt - I did not use cornerstones however you could easily do that.
I have included a couple of pictures here showing what the finished border looked like and how I put together the strips to get my desired look. I chose to make a really long unit but you could make it shorter and use longer strips.
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I have included a couple of pictures here showing what the finished border looked like and how I put together the strips to get my desired look. I chose to make a really long unit but you could make it shorter and use longer strips.
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01-08-2017, 06:17 AM
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I did something like this on my sons quilt - I did not use cornerstones however you could easily do that.
I have included a couple of pictures here showing what the finished border looked like and how I put together the strips to get my desired look. I chose to make a really long unit but you could make it shorter and use longer strips.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]565245[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=CONFIG]565246[/ATTACH]
I have included a couple of pictures here showing what the finished border looked like and how I put together the strips to get my desired look. I chose to make a really long unit but you could make it shorter and use longer strips.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]565245[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=CONFIG]565246[/ATTACH]
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