What do I do with this panel?
02-09-2016, 03:33 PM
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What do I do with this panel?
I bought this panel for a quilt for new baby girl in the family, due next month so I wanted something quick to do, the main panel is about 20" x "24 which I was going to put a border around, but then there is 4 x approx 9" squares, what do I do with those?
02-09-2016, 03:45 PM
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You could put the squares together with lattice strips to make the backing of the quilt. Since you have 20" to work with horizontally, you could put a 2" (cut 2 1/2") vertical lattice strip between the two columns of squares. Since you have 24" to work with laterally, you could put a 2" (cut 2 1/2") horizontal lattice strip between the two rows.
This still leaves you with 4" more vertical inches. To fix this, you would do one of three things:
1. Trim 4" off the top of the original panel (front side of quilt), thus making the quilt square.
2. Add 2" (cut 2 1/2") borders to the top and bottom of the back.
3. Increase the size of the horizontal lattice strip to 6" (cut 6 1/2"). (This is my least favorite option.)
This still leaves you with 4" more vertical inches. To fix this, you would do one of three things:
1. Trim 4" off the top of the original panel (front side of quilt), thus making the quilt square.
2. Add 2" (cut 2 1/2") borders to the top and bottom of the back.
3. Increase the size of the horizontal lattice strip to 6" (cut 6 1/2"). (This is my least favorite option.)
02-09-2016, 04:29 PM
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You could put the squares together with lattice strips to make the backing of the quilt. Since you have 20" to work with horizontally, you could put a 2" (cut 2 1/2") vertical lattice strip between the two columns of squares. Since you have 24" to work with laterally, you could put a 2" (cut 2 1/2") horizontal lattice strip between the two rows.
This still leaves you with 4" more vertical inches. To fix this, you would do one of three things:
1. Trim 4" off the top of the original panel (front side of quilt), thus making the quilt square.
2. Add 2" (cut 2 1/2") borders to the top and bottom of the back.
3. Increase the size of the horizontal lattice strip to 6" (cut 6 1/2"). (This is my least favorite option.)
This still leaves you with 4" more vertical inches. To fix this, you would do one of three things:
1. Trim 4" off the top of the original panel (front side of quilt), thus making the quilt square.
2. Add 2" (cut 2 1/2") borders to the top and bottom of the back.
3. Increase the size of the horizontal lattice strip to 6" (cut 6 1/2"). (This is my least favorite option.)
02-10-2016, 03:28 AM
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There is a pattern called Sidelights which is designed for panels
https://www.anniescatalog.com/detail...FdgYgQodaN4GGg
Your smaller squares could be used for some of the lights and some blenders or coordinating fabric for the rest
https://www.anniescatalog.com/detail...FdgYgQodaN4GGg
Your smaller squares could be used for some of the lights and some blenders or coordinating fabric for the rest
02-10-2016, 06:14 AM
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Usually, I would go to the fabric manufacturers website to see what sample they made with the fabric. Those squares are very large and I might just use them for the backing.
https://www.google.com/search?q=baby...HZ7rAREQsAQIQg
https://www.google.com/search?q=baby...HZ7rAREQsAQIQg
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