carrieg

I took a class last year and made a quilt that had a 1/4" black border surrounding each block. (Never again!)

The teacher suggested we cut the black strips at 1" instead of 3/4". Sew them on with the regular 1/4" seam. Then from the back, line up your ruler on the seam line and trim to the correct size. It did make it easier to cut and easier to sew on.

carrieg

Here's a picture of the quilt.

thismomquilts

beautiful quilt...

thequilterslink

Oh that is beautiful! I cringe at the thought of all those tiny strips tho. Great Job. Sure you dont' want to do another?

watterstide

WOW,Beautiful! And the black tiny strips are perfect! Thanks for sharing!

Sharon321

I think I would have cut one inch, and fold it vertically to have a two dimentional
edge around each block or better still, make it a one inch sashing.

whinnytoo

Gorgeous quilt!!!!!!

deranged_damsel

Great tip!!! thank you! the quilt is beautiful

Candace

Those tiny strips really do make the blocks pop.

carrieg

It did turn out nice, but there were a lot of tears of frustration with this one! It was my first on-point layout. There is one row that I had to add fabric to the sashing to get it to line up. But it's so busy, you can't see it now. And the written directions were terrible! I guess that's why we have our fabric designers or patterns.

I did like the way the 4 patches were made. Kinda like a kaleidscope technique. 4 layers of the same cut, twisted any pleasing manner.

Just wanted to pass along the tip I thought was helpful!