How to replicate this border when machine sewing
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How to replicate this border when machine sewing
Hello and thank you for any help you can give me. I am sewing a border for a quilt as seen in the patchwork fabric here. I made this with English paper piecing and it is proving to be ridiculously long and tedious. I would like to ditch it and do it on the machine. I know I can join squares and ly them on the diagonal then turn the half squares under then appliqué stitch to the quilt center. But I can not for the life of me visualize how I would do the brown squares at the inner corner. Can anyone please help me? thank you!
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To be honest, I am not understanding your border. Is the photo a photo of the border, or of the quilt? Usually a border wouldn't have a cutout area like that. Could you post a few more photos and perhaps a link to the pattern? Did you paper piece all those squares together?
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This looks like one of those quilted picture frames I've seen somewhere - it was a long time ago that I saw it and I can't remember where I did see it. Sorry!
For the brown square, I would piece a full row right on the diagonal and then cut out the small piece that needs to be removed.....(by "full row" I mean a strip that would connect horizontal row of the "frame" with the vertical)
For the brown square, I would piece a full row right on the diagonal and then cut out the small piece that needs to be removed.....(by "full row" I mean a strip that would connect horizontal row of the "frame" with the vertical)
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If I'm understanding correctly, your photo is the border.
You can attach this to the quilt by machine by undoing the triangle where I marked 'A'
Sew the border to the quilt on side 'B' - Then sew side 'C', including the section you undid. You may have to re-do that triangle bit by hand, depending on how large the pieces are.
Hope I've helped
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You can attach this to the quilt by machine by undoing the triangle where I marked 'A'
Sew the border to the quilt on side 'B' - Then sew side 'C', including the section you undid. You may have to re-do that triangle bit by hand, depending on how large the pieces are.
Hope I've helped
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I would also just use full squares for the brown. Don't trim the excess until you are sure that you will preserve the points. For the one in the inside corner, I would create an hourglass block using all brown fabric, but just omit one of the triangles.
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Thank you, I will look up hourglass block, that may be the ticket~!
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[QUOTE=Gay;7714215]If I'm understanding correctly, your photo is the border.
You can attach this to the quilt by machine by undoing the triangle where I marked 'A'
Sew the border to the quilt on side 'B' - Then sew side 'C', including the section you undid. You may have to re-do that triangle bit by hand, depending on how large the pieces are.
Hope I've helped
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Thank you for your very helpful response. I am not trying to attach this to a quilt, I am trying to make a border just like this solely on the machine and I want to attach to the center by applique so there will be no stitches shopping. I don't understand how to make the 3/4 brown square. Heck, Im not even wording the question right
You can attach this to the quilt by machine by undoing the triangle where I marked 'A'
Sew the border to the quilt on side 'B' - Then sew side 'C', including the section you undid. You may have to re-do that triangle bit by hand, depending on how large the pieces are.
Hope I've helped
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Thank you for your very helpful response. I am not trying to attach this to a quilt, I am trying to make a border just like this solely on the machine and I want to attach to the center by applique so there will be no stitches shopping. I don't understand how to make the 3/4 brown square. Heck, Im not even wording the question right
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