Today’s giveaway is sponsored by Fat Quarter Shop! They will award one lucky winner a gift certificate for $50 to shop in their online store. ![]() I didn’t do a pdf this week, I figure putting on borders doesn’t really need one. Next time, we’ll finish the quilting and binding. Unless you are doing the uneven widths like I did. ![]() It works best to do just a little on several seams, rather than a lot on one. Do as many as needed to get the measurement correct. This shortens the border without being obvious. Go to a seam somewhat down from the edge, and resew taking up just a bit more of the brick. Make the borders just a bit too long, then use my trick to get them the right size. Nothing says they all have to be the same.Īdd to the quilt top, measuring for size on each side. I used a group of scraps that were all 3-1/2-inches long, in varying widths. Next, if you haven’t been using the bricks you cut in the first step for leader/enders, sew lines of them together now, on the 3-1/2-inch sides. Webbed in a really short time, and no block out of place or turned wrong.Īdd a first border of the background strips you cut in the first week to set the scrappy border apart from the center. When I was done fiddling with the placement, I stacked it to sew using the same web method I showed in the block assembly. Oops, I have one turned the wrong way here.įixed that, then spotted a couple of blocks I wanted to turn around or move. ![]() Once I had this done, I looked carefully at the placement of the fabrics to minimize the same one being sewn next to each other. Last time I showed you several options for arrangements, and this week, I’ll show you how I did mine.įirst, I lay out the squares and decided on the arrangement. This week we finish the top for the Quilt Along.
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