Does anyone have a method for laying out a vine boarder????
#11
the looooong piece of paper worked like a charm. I had the stems meeting at the corner and then will applique a square over the ends....wasn't hard at all but I did easy curves so it wouldn't be so drastic...thanks...
#13
I use a Sue Pellard Designs Leaves Galore Applique Template - Grande. It has two sizes of nice swoops to use for vines. I mark it on the border, usually with the purple disappearing pen, or chalk on a dark fabric. I usually quilt that line first, then go back to put in the leaves, but sometimes just do one pass for vine and leaves. http://www.createforless.com/sue-pel...pid194434.aspx The ruler is made for cutting, but I mostly use it for quilt marking. I use a Sweet Sixteen and am still practicing to get even spacing of free motion quilting.
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The Golden Threads lady has a nice tutorial on how to make a custom repeating border the right size. This You Tube video at about 5:10 tells how to do it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHXoitox02E
For paper, you can buy hers. Her price is high but it's nice to support her, since she does offer an amazing tutorial.
You can also can get 50 yards of 12" wide light yellow tracing paper at Amazon for ~$9-11. http://www.amazon.com/Bienfang-Sketc...+tracing+paper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHXoitox02E
For paper, you can buy hers. Her price is high but it's nice to support her, since she does offer an amazing tutorial.
You can also can get 50 yards of 12" wide light yellow tracing paper at Amazon for ~$9-11. http://www.amazon.com/Bienfang-Sketc...+tracing+paper
#17
When I need to have a border match I use adding machine tape. You can cut it the length of your border and just keep folding it in half until you have the space you want - then just unfold it and you have your sections ready to mark. It's probably the easiest way I have found.
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