hummingbird Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 I have an antique customers quilt with scalloped borders. I have zippered leaders. I've done scalloped borders in the past but they had straight edges that were going to be trimmed to scallops after quilting. This quilt already has actual scalloped borders. I've tried a search & didn't find anything. Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBQLTN2 Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Joe Ann I have a similar quilt that I am getting ready to quilt. I am thinking that the best thing to do is to float the entire quilt top and just run a basting stitch along the top from scallop to scallop. I will be waiting to see what answers you get as I too have been thinking about how to do this. Mine is on point as well so that makes it even more difficult to line up straight. I may have to load it on point as well, luckily it is small enough to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiltsinmotion Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Joe Ann & Jeanne I just did a quilt with a scallop border floating the top work out just great I did run a basting stitch along the whole top even into the curves of the scallop ... good luck happy quilting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 To get it loaded I would fold back the scallop to get a straight edge and pin that to my zipper on the upper bar (I don't float my tops). Remember when you are loading it to leave enough room to fold out the scallop. Hopefully you have border that will help you line it up. A laser light really helps for that since you can't really run your straight line. Once you have it straight then fold back the scallop and baste into place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBQLTN2 Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Hiedi Mine doesnt have a border to line it up with. I may just have to try the laser light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinneaMarie Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 :P:P At first I read "antique customer" and thought, "wow. must really be old":P Then I read the rest of the story!! ROFLMAO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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