Pieced Borders

Setting Blocks on Point

October 4, 2010

Have you ever played around with a quilt setting to see the difference it makes when setting the blocks on point versus a straight setting?  Sometimes it makes such a huge difference in the appearance of the quilt. When you do set a quilt on point, because of the measurement across the width of a [...]

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Borders – Odd & Even

August 18, 2009

If you’ve tried to plan a pieced border, you may have come across a border design that has to have either an even number of blocks or an odd number of blocks in order to work correctly.  This is an example of a border that has to have an odd number of blocks in order [...]

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Number of Borders

July 14, 2009

How many borders are right?  It’s up to you!  Don’t you love it?  It’s your quilt and as long as you’re happy with it, you can have 1 border or 100 borders — whatever you want!  Let the quilt be your guide.  If you look at your  quilt and find that it looks like the [...]

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Border Sizes

July 6, 2009

I’d like to again say that this is only what works for me.  The way I make borders is my personal preference, not based on some border school I’ve attended or any advanced design training . . it’s just the way I like for my quilts to look.  If you make quilts with one narrow, [...]

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