Phyllis Wright Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 OK, here is the 'after' picture of the same area. I don't know who first thought up this technique, it wasn't me, but I have used it a few times and found it works out great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerri Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 Phyllis, That looks great! Was the trick adding the piano key border to ease in the fullness? Is that the obvious answer, LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stagecl Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 Wow...that looks super. Cheryl Mathre Stone Creek Quilting Sandy Hook, VA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sylkamode Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 Phyllis, this is great, does this works for every quilt you are making? Or are there exeptions with quilts that are distorted very much? Sylvia Kaptein Sylka-Mode www.sylkamode.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praise Works Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 I must've missed something. What "technique" are you talking about? Assuming it was an earlier post, I "searched" under full borders and didn't find anything. I'm interested in what you specifically did because I know I have a piano keybd border coming in a couple days and she's new to quilting. (Don't mean to assume the worst, but . . . trying to be realistic.) Would you please direct me and explain HOW to get to the information. (I don't navigate so well TIA Sherry Osland Praise Works Quilting Abilene, KS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewingupastorm Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 Phillis thanks for your photos! I too have had a few quilts that look like yours. What I have done is a feather with a stipple around them to quilt them flat. It just takes a bit of fussing with the left hand while the right hand is guiding the machine. It is good to know that a straight line "piano key" works as well on puffy borders. By the way the quilt looks great....................would love to see a full photo of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sylkamode Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 OK Phyllis, like Sherry Osland, I cannot find the technique you have been writing about anymore, I have seen it yesterday or the day before, but it seems to have been dissapeared. I know you were writing about pre-stitching along the edges of the borders, with channel locks, but I don't remember the whole story. Can you mail this technique again, by this topic? Thanks Sylvia Kaptein Sylka-Mode www.sylkamode.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elita@BusyNeedleQuilting Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 Ladies, if you do a search by User Name ("Phyllis Wright"), you'll find the elusive first post on this quilt. And WOW, Phyllis, you did a GREAT job quilting that border!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praise Works Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 While blow-drying my hair, the "light bulb" came on - quilting it as a piano keybd is possibly the "technique" (?) you're talking about. I looked too quickly and hadn't realized the border isN'T pieced. As Sylvia asks, are there any other tips you'd share with this? TIA Sherry Osland Praise Works Quilting Abilene, KS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countrystitcher Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 Phyllis, I just found the before picture, you did wonders with this quilt - it looks great. When will we ever educate the piecers how to put on borders to get them flat. Seems like we take so much pain in piecing the quilt and then sometimes slap a couple of borders on to make it bigger without measuring, etc. Been there and done that - but now I get to educate my quilt quild on how to put on borders - maybe I'll never have this problem come to my machine LOL, LOL.....Sharon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phyllis Wright Posted November 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 I posted the 'before' picture first, so it's in the More new posts section. ( I don't know how to do a second post with another photo and make it come right after my first post. ) Sorry about that, but you can see the 'before' picture, just go back and look at the first post under this title. This technique is just stitching straight out from the body of the quilt, going along the edge for a while, then back into the body again, SID, and then out again. Really easy and quilts up fast. I'll post a full photo when I get chance to take some at the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GERRY Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 I just checked out the before pic, nasty borders Phyllis, you did good girl, excellant work.........:cool: I bet your customer will be pleased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtreusch Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 Great before and after pictures Phyllis. I've used the same technique on several customer quilts with full borders. Works great, it's really fast and customers love it!! Debbi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evelyn Dobbins Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 Thanks so much for sharing this with us. It looks great!! I'm sure I'll use this technique in the future. Thanks again, Evelyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bekah Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 Nice straight lines. In my dreams mine look like that. what a great border. I too would love to see the rest of the quilt. I had full borders on a quilt and managed to get them fairly smooth with hearts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Linda S Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 This looks really good. I usually use large McTavishing for wonky borders like this. Then you really can't notice the puckering at the edges. It seems the customer will still have issues to deal with then they go to put the binding on. Linda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuiltedCat Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 Phyllis: that is fantastic - what a great idea. Usually I stipple a full border, but this is a great look, so clean and neat. Linda Lang www.longarmsupplies.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAB Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 For some reason I couldn't post her original picture but I found it by searching her screen name. Let me just say that you did a wonderful job. Here is the link to the before picture: http://www.apqs.com/quiltboard/viewthread.php?tid=3999#pid31217 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LorrieMN Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 Wow, thanks for sharing.... you did a wonderful job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 Let me show you what I am dealing with right now as we speak....Have you ever had one of those quilts that you would rather cry than work on?? I have one right now. I knew it was - oh lets face it wavy doesn't even touch it - it's bad...I have unloaded the quilt and taken one border off trying to "fix" it. But I'm dragging my feet...I am kicking and screaming...but it's not getting done. I need to focus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 It's hard to see it that picture..but I was able to lift this border up and fold it over about an inch to get it to lay straight...then the blocks were distorted. I should not have even loaded it. That's what I get for trying to hurry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 Phyllis, want to come play at my house?? You can work on this border since you did such an awesome job on that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qfairy Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 i had one a couple of weeks ago, didn't really notice it was really out of square til i gotten to the middle of it...was doing cutom work on it too. Needless to say I don't have the picture today but will dig it up. I had to take it out and rip it all out and send it back. Looked like an hour glass. I must have lost my glasses not to notice it when I pinned it in. Doubt if this trick would have helped on this one, but keeping this idea in mind for others that aren't to bent out of shape.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancingstitcher Posted November 11, 2006 Report Share Posted November 11, 2006 Thanks for the tip Phyllis. Wow, you are a magician. The before picture was a nightmare. Did you use extra batting in the border to help take up the additional fabric? It looks quite puffy. Also, did you start at the left and work toward the right or did you start in the middle and work outwards? Has anyone gathered extra fabriic onto twill tape then fastening the tape to the canvas? Vicki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phyllis Wright Posted November 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2006 Hi Mary Beth, looks like your blue border is full, so I would treat both blue and red borders as one and quilt across them both. As for coming to play, sure, but you signed off that it is chilly, so I think I'll stay where I am right now. We are having torrential rain just now, but at least it's fairly mild. I HATE ice and snow! Vicki, no, I didn't add extra batting and I started from the left and worked across. I did measure the distance and devided by 1 1/2" which was the width of my chanels, to see if it would work out even or if I would have to fudge a little somewhere, which I did. I did the first row into the quilt, had my ruler marked with masking tape at the 1 1/2", put it at the point where I had just sewn, stitched in the ditch accross the 1 1/2', then back out to the border. Tomorrow I will be able to photograph the whole quilt and I will post again for those of you who have asked fo it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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