Pieced Border

Indigo Quilt instructions

July 3, 2011

The instructions for this quilt will be more of a rough outline with my notes. The quilt finishes at 62″ x 80″ and can easily be made larger or smaller with a few more blocks for both the top and the pieced border. The fabric requirements, per Electric Quilt, are: Background (Fabric 1) – 2-1/2 [...]

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To Err is Human

February 9, 2011

To make a quilt from your error . . is divine! One of the quilts I was making for the new book uses two shades of Michael Miller’s Krystal fabric — a lavender and a purple. I cut all the strips for the book quilt and then decided I wanted to change the size of [...]

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Finish #14

March 11, 2010

The last of the donation quilts in this batch for the Houma Guild to give to the children’s home. This is one of my favorite borders. There’s a little guide to making this quilt and this border here.

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Rarely . . I Quilt!

July 30, 2009

Does it seem to you like it’s been forever since I had a quilt related post? Well, it seems that way to me too. Remember when I had to hurry up and make a quilt because I couldn’t find the blocks I’d already made and had a deadline? This week I received the quilt back [...]

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Sashing and Border

April 22, 2009

The border I used on my dad’s quilt is the same border as on the Poinsettia quilt on the free patterns page. Also, for those using EQ6, it’s one of their “auto borders”. Simple, simple, simple with EQ. The “X” sashing square that was used was explained in this post.

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