I think I am done with this one. Now, I will quilt it, and bind it with black fabric. Do you like adding pieced borders to your quilts? There is a little bit of math involved, but nothing that would make you regret not having paid attention to math classes in school... I will quilt it as soon as I finish quilting the log cabin one (see previous post). How do you like my design? The scallops were fused over the green border. This technique is illustrated in one of Teri … [Read more...] about Medallion – last border
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Medallion Part 2
Here is the new border around the medallion. It is so much fun designing a quilt as I go along. I know I will introduce more colors on the next border. When I go hunting in my stash, I can usually find what I need. Let's see if it will come through for me this time. What do you think so far? … [Read more...] about Medallion Part 2
Medallion
I love to start a quilt from a random block, and build from there. This time I will try to place pieced borders all around this star block we worked on in a QuiltSmart class. I have already added simple borders all around with another black and leafy green print. I went back to the store and got more of the black, but they did not have the green fabric. I may have fabrics in my stash that will work, although my guess is that I will keep to variations of these two colors. Next step is to figure … [Read more...] about Medallion
Showcasing inspiration fabrics
If you have a fabric you really love but do not want to use it in a complicated pattern where its beauty may be overshadowed by other fabrics, or its motif cut into small pieces, try the pattern I used on the quilt pictured here. Simple rectangles surrounded by alternating borders, with the inspiration fabric used as border also. I wasted a bit of fabric when I was fussy cutting the borders as I wanted to show the beautiful teal leaves. I did not heavily quilt it, resulting in a much softer lap … [Read more...] about Showcasing inspiration fabrics
Pieced Borders
At my quilt guild this year we are working on a round robin with a medallion block. We were encouraged to research pieced borders, since we will be adding borders to each other's medallion, or center, block. The organizer of the round robin suggested a few books we might look at, with one recommendation in particular: Pieced Borders, by Judy Martin & Marsha McCloskey. It is out of print but I found it here. It is a wonderful book! It explains, in minute detail, all you need to do in order to … [Read more...] about Pieced Borders