Striped borders on quilts

Do you have a go-to size to cut your binding? Have you ever tried a different size to see what effect you would get? I thought I would do a little experiment to show you different sizes and what they look like all sewn up!Here, I have four different sized strips: 2”, 2¼”, 2½” and 3”. I quilted up some sample swatches with a layer of 100% cotton batting in the middle. If you like to use thicker batting or thicker fabric like flannel or Minky, you may want to adjust the cut size to accommodate…

The fancy piano keys border increases by 1″ so it’s easily added to any size quilt. The other one increases in 6″ increments so any quilt with 6″, 12″ or 18″ blo…

I'm almost caught up on all my pre-Christmas sewing. I have one more quilt to share. I guess that means I need to get busy basting my quilt tops. This is a very simple quilt and came together pretty quickly. I wanted stripes and I wanted to use my solids. I love how it turned out. I've already given this one away, and forgot to measure anything, but I think the stripes are all 2 inches wide. I wanted to keep them all the same width for some uniformity, but it would probably look pretty cool…

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I sewed 5 more blocks and put 3 of them up on the design wall with the 15 I showed yesterday. Then I cleared them off the design wall so I could continue on the other project. I got 9 blocks of my Sunday only project assembled last night while watching 4 hours of TV. I think the name of this one should be "Out of Control". I'm just putting blocks on the wall as I make them, no layout decision yet. At this point I'm thinking it could be 15 placemats. I have lots more triangle strips left to…

Shop Regency Aperigon Fabric by Sanderson. Material: 48% Cotton 32% Polyester 20% Linen, Color: Gobelin/Porcelain, Item type: Sample. In a celebration of the sartorial stripe, together with the frivolity of the sawtooth, Giles's design for Regency Aperigon takes the Ancient Greek meaning of the name 'Apeirogon' 'infinite polygon' and runs with it, in vertical form. This design expresses a love for infinite possibilities in design and plays on the classic Sanderson stripes, respecting the…

How to measure quilt borders the proper way

Nellie | Australian Modern Quilt Designer on Instagram: "Here’s a quick little tip for adding sashing and borders to your blocks and quilt tops. This is the method I often use and it helps keep my quilt tops nice and square. Once you have cut your sashing or border strips to the correct length, pin with the sashing or border on the underside, that way you can watch where your seams are going when piecing them together. First, pin each end, then the middle, then the middle of each side…

let’s talk about rail fence quilts. They’re like the macaroni and cheese of quilting: classic, versatile, and oh-so-satisfying. Whether you’re a beginner quilter testing the waters or an experienced quilter looking for a quick project,