How to design the corners of a "Piano Key" border?
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How to design the corners of a "Piano Key" border?
I am finishing up a log cabin quilt top with a "piano key" border. What should I do for the corner sections of the border? At first, I was going to make a "fan" corner, but it's getting to complicated and looks kind of sloppy, so now, I'm trying to come up with some other ideas. Any suggestions? Thanks.
~ Cindy
~ Cindy
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Oh...I never thought of just doing a solid fabric for the corners. Now that would finish things up in a hurry, now wouldn't it? Great idea! I did think of mitering the corners and yes, I paper-pieced the fan, but it still didn't come out perfect and there are bits of paper left in the area where all the points meet, so I'm chucking the fan idea. Thanks for your tips.
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When I do a piano key, I have the borders 'chase' each other. Sort of log cabin style. Here's some instructions and a very rough sketch
1) add the border to right side. Make it even with the top, have extra piano keys, the width of your border. Leave an inch or two unsewn to the quilt at the bottom.
2) Add the top border, start even with the left side and end it even with the edge of the border on the right
3) add left border
4) add the bottom
5) now sew the little bit of the first border to the lower right edge of the quilt and the edge of the bottom border.
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Here's an example of a quilt with this piano key method (it's the second quilt, the star)
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...s-t261037.html
1) add the border to right side. Make it even with the top, have extra piano keys, the width of your border. Leave an inch or two unsewn to the quilt at the bottom.
2) Add the top border, start even with the left side and end it even with the edge of the border on the right
3) add left border
4) add the bottom
5) now sew the little bit of the first border to the lower right edge of the quilt and the edge of the bottom border.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]544603[/ATTACH]
Here's an example of a quilt with this piano key method (it's the second quilt, the star)
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...s-t261037.html
Last edited by PaperPrincess; 03-12-2016 at 06:27 AM.
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I downloaded a free pdf from windham fabrics for a pattern that had a piano key border but I think the fabric itself was piano keys. I haven't studied the pattern yet. I will post a link...maybe you could download and see how they did it.
http://www.windhamfabrics.com/cgi-bi...?patternID=484
http://www.windhamfabrics.com/cgi-bi...?patternID=484
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I really like that pattern.. I would love to get all that fabric, but went to their site and didn't see any that the pattern shows. I looked around at the different shops that were shown, but I guess I'd need to call them!?!? Is that the only way to get that fabric?
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