An on-line friend and I had an email discussion about borders of quilt tops - especially borders that are wavy and ripple and really don't fit properly on the quilt and cause untold angst when trying to longarm quilt that top!
I pulled out a v-e-r-y old quilt top that I had made and laid aside for many years. And lo and behold, there was an improperly applied border. I must have learned a lot since the 1990s - lol. But did I unstitch the border and apply it correctly? No, I did not. I receive quite a few quilt tops to quilt for donations to various groups and I decided to practice on my very own *mistake* in case I encounter another in the near future.
So, this is a part of the rippled border - see that waviness?
I just decided to quilt the entire top with a denser pattern than I usually use and expected that to flatten down the border. This is the result - it worked pretty well:
I think the feathers (Feather Elegance by Christy Dillon) look pretty good on this relatively plain quilt:
Lyn Durbin's YouTube video was the first one I had ever seen where it showed how to quilt and work in excessive fullness and waviness of borders - this is almost magic! Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPHsBYa36W0
So, this Bars and Strips quilt is on the pile that need bindings (only two left now!). It will go in the box to Wrap-a-Smile.
And I finished quilting a little Duckie panel, but I didn't get a full photo of it yet. It will have to wait for its binding until the other box goes out the door - this one is destined for Quilts Beyond Borders. Here's a sneak preview:
I pulled out a v-e-r-y old quilt top that I had made and laid aside for many years. And lo and behold, there was an improperly applied border. I must have learned a lot since the 1990s - lol. But did I unstitch the border and apply it correctly? No, I did not. I receive quite a few quilt tops to quilt for donations to various groups and I decided to practice on my very own *mistake* in case I encounter another in the near future.
So, this is a part of the rippled border - see that waviness?
I just decided to quilt the entire top with a denser pattern than I usually use and expected that to flatten down the border. This is the result - it worked pretty well:
I think the feathers (Feather Elegance by Christy Dillon) look pretty good on this relatively plain quilt:
Lyn Durbin's YouTube video was the first one I had ever seen where it showed how to quilt and work in excessive fullness and waviness of borders - this is almost magic! Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPHsBYa36W0
So, this Bars and Strips quilt is on the pile that need bindings (only two left now!). It will go in the box to Wrap-a-Smile.
And I finished quilting a little Duckie panel, but I didn't get a full photo of it yet. It will have to wait for its binding until the other box goes out the door - this one is destined for Quilts Beyond Borders. Here's a sneak preview:
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