catmcclure

I've had several PMs wanting the instructions for the center of my op art quilt. I used a black/white striped fabric to make my quilt. The stripes were an even 1" wide across the fabric. The center of the quilt finished out about 45" square.

I have no problem sewing partial seams, so I assembled the center by sewing sections A-E and G-H together. The stripes in those sections have to match up perfectly. The I sewed both A-E and G-H to section F. Those section stripes have to match up perfectly. The remaining sections can be assembled and sewn to the AEFGH section. The stripes have to match in CD and JK, but don't have to match with the previously assembled AEFGH section.

Then I added the four corner triangles. The corner triangles around the center of the quilt were made by cutting two 36" squares of black fabric in half diagonally. After the four corner triangles were attached, I squared up the quilt center to about 60" square and added the first narrow border. I use a 2" geometric border. Then I added a 5-1/2" black border and then a 7" geometric border, and then finally, a 2-12" black border. The quilt finished out about 95" square.
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QuiltnNan

thanks so very much for the wonderful tutorial. it's a great quilt pattern

kbatky

Spectacular! Great directions, too. Thank you!

sassey

Thanks easy to understand

audsgirl

Wow! Thank you for this great tute. You are so clever!

lizzy

Now I know why I have collected striped fabric for so long. Thank you so much. Love the pattern.

chips88

nice quilt. and easy directions to make it. thanks for sharing

Lauray

Lovely quilt - very eye catching. Thanks for posting.

Landers

These are great instructions! Thanks so much for the tutorial and for sharing!

cleodaisy

Thanks lots for your tutorial!!!!
Cleodaisy