Melrose R

For me, it wasn't as easy as it looked but once I got the hang of it I think I'd try it again. I did about a 40 inch strip this morning with some very small scraps and it did take some thought on my part. I think it would be much faster for me, if my scraps were bigger.

lclang

There aren't any rules. You could use crazy quilt shapes if you didn't like the piano key setup. I have a ton of odd shapes too and I think a crazy quilt style border would be charming on a scrap quilt.

Sue Fish

i think you develop a rthym after a while too and it goes faster..

Melrose R

I totally agree and will try it again in the future. I'm new to quilting so after each quilt, I'm planning on saving those scraps for this.

Grandma Cindy

Lacelady----

wonderful ingenuity , and getting ready for the holidays...

QultingaddictUK

You are quite right, also I use 2 pieces, about a yard long, so I don't have to keep stopping and starting. I have just finished this one, other than quilting and doing the binding, and the borders only took me 2 evenings and the quilt is 4' X 5.5'.

I can't thank you enough Sue Fish for this tip, my Patchwork Class ladies and I love it and now do this method a lot on most of our quilts and the effect when using chosen colours is fab as you can see here!

FayZ

I love this idea. Sorry to sound like a dummy but how do you bookmark? FayZ

QultingaddictUK

You are not a dummy as it took me a time to work it out so I must be a dummy too :mrgreen:

Scroll to top of page and you will see just at the top of the topic 3 tabs, the left one says "Bookmark" click on that give it a name and et voila it's in your "My Bookmarks"

lclang

I wanted a wider strip than the adding machine tape would make so I cut up an old phone book into strips and used those. Also figured out that the fabric strips were easier to keep straight as I could use the lines of print on the phone book paper to align them. It's also much easier to tear off.

QultingaddictUK

Great tip, thanks for sharing. :thumbup: