Flange between quilt blocks and border?

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05-20-2017, 11:24 AM

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Jennifer23

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Quote:

Originally Posted by tessagin

my cousin is a long armer and I asked her about it once. She said she just holds that area back.

That works if you're quilting from the front of the machine, but if you're doing a panto you aren't even looking at the quilt top, so the flange can easily get flipped.

05-20-2017, 12:56 PM

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maviskw

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A 1/4th inch border is the easiest to put on. I cut a strip 3/4 of an inch. Sew on the first side, then run your quarter inch foot right against the last sewing and you have the perfect 1/4 inch line there. I put an orange strip like that on a quilt with black background fabric this spring. Turned out fantastically.