cmoore1223 Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 When doing a piano key border how do you treat the corners? I never seem to be able to see the corners in the pictures posted and I want to do one and I haven't a clue about the corners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boni Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 I'm trying to post a picture that I think might help. I just continue the same lines but pretend there's a miter line from the inner corner to the outer corner--stop there. Also depends on how far apart your lines are, and how wide your borders are. I just did one that had three inch borders, and my lines were two inches apart---no room for any lines in the corner, so I left them open. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 Hi Colleen, You can treat the corner square as a separate unit and quilt something there that matches the interior quilting--for example a small feathered wreath, floral motif, or swirl. If you want to continue the straight lines, make the piano keys intersect at a right angle and the boxes get smaller until you run out of border. Did that make sense? I will look for a corner photo. Another continuation of the straight lines is to continue the keys all across to the edges--then you end up with a nice checkerboard of lines in each cornerstone. I am going to draw it out--back in a few... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 Sorry for the pale photo--here are some options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 Here is one I did on the quilt that went to Paducah I used the laser light on top to copy one of the stars. I use a star that was a little distance away so it gave it a whimsical look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmoore1223 Posted May 31, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 Thank you, I like all of them......Now I have to decide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.A Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 Great ideas, everybody. Mary Beth's star fits into that swag just perfectly and I loved Linda's suggestion about continuing lines in both directions to wind up with a checkboard in the corner. Never seen that one before. Thanks for the inspiration! Nancy in Tucson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 And mine are even different yet...similar to Mary Beths... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 I've done mine the way Bonnie and Bonnie do theirs :P:P:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimmiequilts Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 Great ideas, now to sound like a complete dummy, (I've never done piano keys) do you SID when you get to the inside of the quilt and then run back out to the edge or do you stop and start? I would think SID, and do you ever backtrack ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 Kim yes I sid at the border. Normally I'm backtracking over the SID I've already done in that border. If I do a double then you only have to travel a short distance in the border. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 I also SID at the border seam, and then stitch off the fabric at the edge to travel. This distributes the fullness--usually the reason you are doing the piano keys in the first place!! The double piano keys ( also called beadboard) is easy to do--the SID in the seam is the short distance, and the long stretch is off the fabric. Use your hopping foot to measure the narrow area. That design always looks so intensive, but it is quick to do. And it will look like a lattice treatment on a floral border. I have done a single scallopy feathered line in the border--taking up only a third of the area to fill, and then done a quarter-inch echo. Then I did inch and a half piano keys--I backtracked at the feather echo to get to the next mark and off the fabric at the edge. This requires two passes--one the outside area and one the inside-- but it was very impressive. The most time-comsuming part was marking the spacing for the keys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimmiequilts Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 Thank you Heidi & Linda, I've committed to doing the piano keys on a wedding quilt for a good customer so I just need to ppp until next month when it comes up in the list! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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