Final Clue
Borders - the Final Chapter!
I did
a simple border. Every garden needs a border to keep the weeds out!
Trimming
Time!
At this point it might be a good idea to give you quilt top a good pressing with some spray starch. We will trim off those bricks on their bias. Be gentle! When pressing and cutting, don’t push the fabric around!
Start in the corner with a square ruler if you have it. Lay the ruler along the straight edge across your pieced triangles and pinwheels, make sure you have a quarter inch seam allowance, and down the side. Notice this edge is not right up close to the piecing but out across the diagonal where your flower pieces join. Carefully trim. Move on around the quilt top.
At this point it might be a good idea to give you quilt top a good pressing with some spray starch. We will trim off those bricks on their bias. Be gentle! When pressing and cutting, don’t push the fabric around!
Start in the corner with a square ruler if you have it. Lay the ruler along the straight edge across your pieced triangles and pinwheels, make sure you have a quarter inch seam allowance, and down the side. Notice this edge is not right up close to the piecing but out across the diagonal where your flower pieces join. Carefully trim. Move on around the quilt top.
|
|
First we
need to frame your quilt.
I use strips cut 1 ½ “ from my white fabric. Measure your quilt across the center to see how long your strips need to be. I would strongly suggest that you pin your border down before sewing it on.
I start with the long sides first. Both strips need to be the same length, measured across the center vertically to get the length needed for the side borders. Sew those to your quilt top.
Now do the same thing for the top and bottom strips. Measure across the center of the quilt, cut to size and sew on.
For your outer border.
Do you have 4 pinwheels left? Those will become your cornerstones for the border.
The outer border is cut 3 ½” wide.
Measure across the center vertically and make 2 side borders, pin, then sew them on.
For the top and bottom border you will add a pinwheel block to both ends of your border, so the pinwheel lands on the corners of your border. Measure across the center of you top horizontally and add ½” for your seam allowance. Cut your border to this length and add a pinwheel to both ends. Pin this to your quilt and sew it on.
Your Flower Garden is complete!
Quilt and Bind as Desired.
I use strips cut 1 ½ “ from my white fabric. Measure your quilt across the center to see how long your strips need to be. I would strongly suggest that you pin your border down before sewing it on.
I start with the long sides first. Both strips need to be the same length, measured across the center vertically to get the length needed for the side borders. Sew those to your quilt top.
Now do the same thing for the top and bottom strips. Measure across the center of the quilt, cut to size and sew on.
For your outer border.
Do you have 4 pinwheels left? Those will become your cornerstones for the border.
The outer border is cut 3 ½” wide.
Measure across the center vertically and make 2 side borders, pin, then sew them on.
For the top and bottom border you will add a pinwheel block to both ends of your border, so the pinwheel lands on the corners of your border. Measure across the center of you top horizontally and add ½” for your seam allowance. Cut your border to this length and add a pinwheel to both ends. Pin this to your quilt and sew it on.
Your Flower Garden is complete!
Quilt and Bind as Desired.
I want to thank-you for participating in our “Quilters Flower Garden Mystery”. Flowers in honor of our quilt show coming up in a few months.
This is a Bonnie Hunter mystery and is available on her website www.quiltville.com underneath free patterns.
Bonnie’s is called “Old Tobacco Road!” It is a totally different look for you to check out.
Bring you quilt to our guild meeting in July. Let’s have some quilts to show Bonnie when she comes to our guild to give her lecture!
Download PDF for printing:
| 6_borders_final1.pdf |
