How do I quilt small (skinny) borders?
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How do I quilt small (skinny) borders?
So, how do I quilt small borders ( one is about 1 inch the next one is about 2 inches). I am new at longarm quilting - I am about to quilt my french rose quilt. I will outline around the flowers, but not sure what to do with these borders? Do they even need quilting? I thought I might use my domestic machine and just do stitch in the ditch after I take it off the frame. Any ideas? What do you do on small borders. I have not mastered the feathers yet, mostly just do random - large stipple pattern .
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How about a ribbon candy design down the border? Take a look at some of the Tuesday Tutorial designs at www.theinboxjaunt.com/
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What was suggested to me recently was a double serpentine. Just run a wavy line the length of the border, rounding the corners. Then do a second wavy line over the first, not trying to match the first, just overlapping it. It looked great.
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The small one I would highlight the seam either stitch in ditch or shadow line each side.
2 inch one I would do joined circles in opposite directions. Or twisted line one way the back up with twist making a boat shape.
2 inch one I would do joined circles in opposite directions. Or twisted line one way the back up with twist making a boat shape.
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