How would you attach this set of borders?
03-30-2014, 07:04 AM
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In answer to some of the comments regarding the measurement, I did take the middle and both outside edge measurements both horizontally and vertically and they are essentially all 56 3/4. So, it is consistent. Before attaching the first border (the white strip), I prepared the scrappy block border (the second border) for both sides and compared that to the length of the sides of the quilt body and it is a match.
I have slid a ruler around the outside blocks and they all come up with the measurement they are suppose to be--some exactly and some just a thread or two off so all those tiny differences are making my 1/4 inch variance. I am thinking about cutting the white border the size of 56 1/2 and then marking it every 1.75 inches and matching those marks up to each seam on my quilt edge and that way the fabric will be equally distributed and I will only have minor thread width differences spread across the entire length. Then, when I attached the scrappy block border to that white first border, I will match up those seams to the same marks so that the seam lines from the quilt body will be even with the seam lines with the scrappy border.
This sounds like a good plan, but you know how that goes sometimes!!! I have to press more white fabric today before I can cut the borders and I think I have just enough to cut it LOF so I will be able to do each border side with one continuous piece of fabric. Thank you for everyone's input. It is very helpful to hear suggestions and other view points. I am self taught and still learning.
I have slid a ruler around the outside blocks and they all come up with the measurement they are suppose to be--some exactly and some just a thread or two off so all those tiny differences are making my 1/4 inch variance. I am thinking about cutting the white border the size of 56 1/2 and then marking it every 1.75 inches and matching those marks up to each seam on my quilt edge and that way the fabric will be equally distributed and I will only have minor thread width differences spread across the entire length. Then, when I attached the scrappy block border to that white first border, I will match up those seams to the same marks so that the seam lines from the quilt body will be even with the seam lines with the scrappy border.
This sounds like a good plan, but you know how that goes sometimes!!! I have to press more white fabric today before I can cut the borders and I think I have just enough to cut it LOF so I will be able to do each border side with one continuous piece of fabric. Thank you for everyone's input. It is very helpful to hear suggestions and other view points. I am self taught and still learning.
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