Jenniky

One jump backwards and two jumps forward.

JeanieG

Thanks Jenniky - I see a shopping trip to JoAnn's in the near future! Ok I found it here, for anyone else that is interested:

http://www.joann.com/chalk-cartridge-set/xprd357399/

Everose

[ATTACH=CONFIG]356234[/ATTACH]Ladies, I need some input. This is what I'm thinking for borders (because I don't have to much imagination and we did this on the mystery quilt). Putting piano keys using the transportation fabrics with the corner squares the same as my squares in the D9P. Is this to busy?

dublb

I think a border o' the tan fabric that ya have in your blocks w/the blue corner squares would look great. IMOH Play around w/tha fabrics & see what ya think. Your gon'a make it great.

Surfergirl

Jenniky, you have done a FANTASTIC job with this tutorial. Your instructions/photos were wonderful. I was able to follow along w/o any problems whatsoever. Thank you so much for doing this for us. I know you've spent quite a bit of time doing this and we all appreciate it so very much. I do have some photos of what I've accomplished so far and will post very soon. I'm so pleased to be able to learn this technique. I love the design on your border.

vickig626

Jenniky - great tute on the borders. The trial I run into when getting the borders ready to quilt is lining up the top piece "straight". If it's not straight, I end up with my top being wavy and end up trimming more of my top piece than I would like in order to have a nice, straight border strip. I hope this makes sense.

I'm hoping to work on my project next week. I have some small projects to get finished first (makes money for me so it's important).

gardnergal970

Everose...I agree with Dubib. I've used the piano key border before too but it was at the edge of a plain fabric so it didn't distract from the pattern of the quilt but rather complimented it. Think of the border as a picture frame for what you've done. The piano keys would actually work for the back of the border if you want to use up all of the scraps.

JenniKy...I've attached the side borders and so far so good. I'm using my quarter inch foot rather than my walking foot so I can be more accurate and that is working but I know my top piece isn't going through at the same speed as the bottom piece and some waves have probably developed. I'm laying it aside today and will get a fresh start on it tomorrow. So far thwt's my only concern...being able to keep my quilt square. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!

Boston1954

Jenniky, thank you so much for the instructions. You are so clear in your descriptions and with the pictures added in, I feel that I can do this. Right now, I am at the quilting the blocks section. It is a learning experience. I will not be using magic marker for the lines on my parchment paper in the future. I have done three blocks with a light cream colored thread, and each time the needle punched though the paper it turned the thread a dark grey. Oh well, it is just a little lap quilt for me or Jim, and maybe I will get lucky and it will come out when it gets washed. (keep your fingers crossed for me).

Again, you are a wonderful instructor and you can be my teacher any time.

Everose

Okay, time for a design change. I checked I don't have enough of the tan/brown color for the borders, but I have enough of the dark blue. So my thought is to use the dark blue as borders with the tan/brown for the corners. Then I will use the piano keys and the blue squares for the back.

Thanks for your help.

Jen, thank you. You made this so picture friendly that I didn't have any trouble following along. Now just to do.

Pinkiris

Jenniky,
Am I seeing that you are using your walking foot to follow the quilting lines on your borders?