barbm Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 I am at a quilt retreat, finishing up a UFO and have an idea what I want to do with this border, but I can't seem to figure out just how to do it. I want to angle the corners rather than miter them - and maybe have an angled edge to the quilt (we'll see). The complication is the stripe in the border, which of course I did to myself..... I can't seem to find the right angle on any of the rulers here to cut my "slices." Anybody got any bright ideas??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaR Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 Barb, you could try mitering the corners from the striped fabric. I' ve seen another gals quilt with the striped border, ( she's a beginner quilter, her first quilt), and she used a block in her quilt top fabric, in your case, the log cabin block. It is so pretty and none of us helping her came up with that idea. I usually color in a piece of paper to try diff corner treatments... I have more trouble stitching a quilt pattern around a corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 Hi Barb--try placing a piece of paper behind the two borders and drawing the angle you want. I assume you want it to cut the corner at a 45 degree angle? Anyway, draw the line connecting the different colored fabric strips and use the drawing to paper piece your corner. Make sure to reverse the drawing in case there is a tiny bit of your fabric widths off. So you will have a triangle closest to the corner and then strips along the edge to match the rest of the strips. Sew in your finished block and hopefully all will match up. I hope this helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 Hi again--I re-read your post and if you want to trim the border you have in the photo and not add a block in the corner (?) just use the 45 degree line on your biggest ruler to cut the corner. Leave that quarter-inch outside the corner of course so there is room for the binding to land right on the corner seam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbm Posted April 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 Originally posted by ffq-lar Hi Barb--try placing a piece of paper behind the two borders and drawing the angle you want. I assume you want it to cut the corner at a 45 degree angle? Anyway, draw the line connecting the different colored fabric strips and use the drawing to paper piece your corner. Make sure to reverse the drawing in case there is a tiny bit of your fabric widths off. So you will have a triangle closest to the corner and then strips along the edge to match the rest of the strips. Sew in your finished block and hopefully all will match up. I hope this helps! Linda, wish I'd seen your post before I finished the corners - would have worked so slick!!! Instead, I drafted what I wanted, to scale, and figured out what size to cut the pieces. It worked okay - not perfectly - but you know what they say, "done is better than perfect!" Anyway, I'm gonna applique grape clusters, vines and leaves over a couple of the corners, anyway, so it's all good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbm Posted April 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 Got the borders on - yay! Now to move on to some projects I HAVE to do this weekend, then start working up applique grapes and leaves for this quilt..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meg Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 great idea. i like the angled corners alot barb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibbyG Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 Barb, I was thinking of the same design, but didn't know how to say it. Looks good to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busy Quilting Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 I was abut to play in EQ 7 and then scrolled down. It turned out well. A very productive quilt retreat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 I love what you did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delld Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 I saw your post and started working on a corner turn. Gave up and came back and wow You did it!!! Looks Great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindasewsit Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 Barb, I really like what you did!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bekah Posted April 29, 2012 Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 Barb, you are a wonder woman. That looks fantastic and I love the colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oma Posted April 29, 2012 Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 That looks awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra Darlington Posted April 29, 2012 Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 The borders look great. I really like how you did them. The rest of the quilt"aint bad" either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anniemueller Posted April 29, 2012 Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 Barb, that's pretty. I really like your corner design! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Anderson Posted April 29, 2012 Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 That worked out great!!! Love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbm Posted April 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 Here's a first tentative pass on the appliques for the corners - not attached, just checking position. There's not enough space here at the retreat to lay the quilt out, and I'm afraid the appliques won't stay in position for the ride home tomorrow, so I'll wait until I get home to start laying on appliques - which means sometime in the future.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandmaLKB Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 Really pretty. Look forward to seeing the finished project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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