Starting My First Braid Quilt. Any Tips?
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Starting My First Braid Quilt. Any Tips?
I have all the fabric cut. LOTS of it. Now I hesitate... I know what I like together, but there are so many fabrics. I don't want to mess it up.
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perhaps this Google Images search will give you some ideas. notice that some braids go from dark to light and some are scrappy and some repeat just a few colors. it's your quilt... you can make it look any way you desire
https://www.google.com/search?q=fren...&bih=657&dpr=1
https://www.google.com/search?q=fren...&bih=657&dpr=1
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The ends are probably cut on the bias - so be careful in handling the strips that you don't stretch them too much. Pin, pin, pin, when putting the strips together. I had fun doing mine and want to do another one with a Christmas jelly roll that I have.
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I go with what klgls and katier825 say. My mistake was not being careful with the bias sides. That turned into a problem. the quilt was for me, so I quilted the daylights out of it and I do like it. I read somewhere that stay stitching the sides before you cut the points off is also an option.
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French braid quilts tend to be very carefully laid out in a color progression, but not all braid quilts are French braids. From your post, it sounds like yours is not. Some braids can be scrappy. This shows a mix of braid quilts, some French and some not... https://www.google.com/search?q=brai...&bih=628&dpr=1 Pick out the look that you like and work from there.
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Starch, starch, starch, before you sew. Press seams but don't "iron" them. The bias edges tend to get out of hand quickly. So stop everyonce in a while and "square up". I think a French Braid has a square that runs between the strips as an accent square and a "Braid" is like a hair plait.
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