Miniature one block wonder finished...
05-09-2014, 04:32 PM
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thanks... I like your suggestions.
The center is heavy with seams and the borders may be sewn along the bias on some of the triangles edges. The triangle edges may have stretched a bit so there is a little extra fullness in the borders? It looks great and adding quite a big of quilting in the borders should fix that. I would SITD on the center portion. In the borders, I might do ribbon candy to take up the fullness.
05-09-2014, 05:41 PM
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When working on smaller quilts, even placemats, I have used an oversized back, put an oversized batting on top then the centre/pieced area. Then I stitch my border(s) on through all the layers, using the sew and flip method. I find this gives a very flat finish that does not need to have stitch in the ditch. You can then either bind as usual or bring the back forward and bind that way.
05-10-2014, 05:59 AM
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Yadroc, thank you. I think this method will work great for my mini's... I love them and I think this will help with borders.... thank you for the suggestions.
When working on smaller quilts, even placemats, I have used an oversized back, put an oversized batting on top then the centre/pieced area. Then I stitch my border(s) on through all the layers, using the sew and flip method. I find this gives a very flat finish that does not need to have stitch in the ditch. You can then either bind as usual or bring the back forward and bind that way.
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