Finally Finished Funky Flawed French Braid Top
05-11-2010, 04:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Battle Axe
I'm new at this. What part did you cut wrong? Was it the pink fabric?
Problems came from the fact (I think) that I did not starch. I could not starch all the little pre-cut strips so I was very careful with them. Then I simply forgot to starch the other fabrics and the top/bottom triangles really needed it.
When it came time to put the 5 braid strips together with the separator bands and inner borders, the whole thing gave me fits. At this point, both sides of the braids are a 45-degree bias and each color strip has to match up straight across the quilt. That's well over 300 points to match up ... with separator bands in between them. I had a lot of problems with that but finally, after much seam ripping and re-stitching, I thought I had it all correct. However, when I spread it out to photograph it, I found one little pouffy part that did not want to lay flat. But, it is very little and I believe it will all quilt o.k.
05-11-2010, 05:04 AM
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Great quilt. I don't see any flaws either. It's beautiful. I love the braids, but I haven't yet gotten up the nerve to do one. I'm not sure how they even go together. They look really complicated. Anyway, you should be proud of it. Looks great.
05-11-2010, 05:27 AM
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Originally Posted by weezie
Way back in January, I was pursuing info. on this board regarding both French Braid patterns and Keepsake Quilting.
Research finally resulted in the completed top shown below. It cost far more $$$$ than anything I've ever attempted, some of which was due to miscalculations on my part. For example, I only had 1/3 of the Bali Pops I needed, so had to find and buy the other 2/3, plus I bought 3 different border fabrics (3 yds. each); the first 2 seriously bombed so will have to be used for something else. In fact, I have a lot of leftover fabric for future projects ... of the many $$$$ spent, not all went into this colorful top.
Now it is going into storage, along with its backing and binding until such time as I can work on it again, plus I am sick of it at present.
All the Bali Pops were cut crooked, so I had to measure everything before I sewed it. And yet, it is still flawed! I like it anyway. Hope you enjoy the photos.
Research finally resulted in the completed top shown below. It cost far more $$$$ than anything I've ever attempted, some of which was due to miscalculations on my part. For example, I only had 1/3 of the Bali Pops I needed, so had to find and buy the other 2/3, plus I bought 3 different border fabrics (3 yds. each); the first 2 seriously bombed so will have to be used for something else. In fact, I have a lot of leftover fabric for future projects ... of the many $$$$ spent, not all went into this colorful top.
Now it is going into storage, along with its backing and binding until such time as I can work on it again, plus I am sick of it at present.
All the Bali Pops were cut crooked, so I had to measure everything before I sewed it. And yet, it is still flawed! I like it anyway. Hope you enjoy the photos.
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