Stripes - do you use them? How?
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I have two quilts planned that will use stripes. One is a variety of striped fabrics, mostly bright colors, simply cut in large squares and sewn with a wide white sashing. I plan to alternate the direction of the stripes in each placement. My aunt has a quilt made up like this on her porch swing and it is darling!
The other is a Warm Wishes quilt with the strip block having 5 strips. The two outer strips will be my striped fabrics, and will be sewn adjacent to the focus fabric. I am hoping this will add movement to the layout.
Now I just hope I will be able to cut those striped fabrics straight!!!
The other is a Warm Wishes quilt with the strip block having 5 strips. The two outer strips will be my striped fabrics, and will be sewn adjacent to the focus fabric. I am hoping this will add movement to the layout.
Now I just hope I will be able to cut those striped fabrics straight!!!
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I have used directional patterns (not stripes) and they require a special forethought so they go in the "right" direction in the block or the border. I always notice when mine don't and I get upset that I didn't notice before sewing them down. (Generally I leave them as is though)
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