Piano key borders on quilts

My sister and I have combined to make this piano key border such as the one she put on her music quilt.

The Piano Keys Quilt Border Pattern makes a delightful quilt border that will surround your quilt with vibrant, playful contrast. Download a great quilt border and instructions on how to make it in this article.

For years I have looked at “piano key” borders on quilts and thought there was no way. It looked like way too much sewing. But I wanted to widen the quilt top in my last post and I only had some strips left from my stack of fat quarters. So I decided to finally try making a piano key border. It’s a

Did you know the trick in preventing your long fabric strips from starting to curve is sewing one strip top to bottom and the next strip bottom to top? Keep alternating as you add more strips. I re…

https://flic.kr/p/8hnX3B | 16 Patch w/piano key border | August 2008

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Main - Quiting a piano key border? - Thanks to all who offered their opinion. I appreciate it.

2 patterns in the set!

pineapple jelly quilt.. uses all 2.5" strips except for corners... very easy.. to make it king size... i added a few borders.. including a piano key border which brings out the colours in the batik print in the top..

Pictures - Syncopated Rhythm Quilt Done - YES!! It is Done!! I started this for the DS last January and although his Bday Present is late (lol - almost 6 months late) it is finished. The Voyager, on which I LA, was broken for almost two months but, thanks the the DH, it is as good as new and the stitches look great. I

Main - Piano Key Borders - I've never done a piano key border yet, but want to. Do you make one long enough strip of piano keys to go around quilt and miter corners, or do you sew on top/bottom and then sides? And how wide do you make your keys? I gathered from another post that about 5 inches is a good length for the

Pictures - Piano keys. Border on quilt - Loved all suggestions!

Recently I have seen several videos showing how to stitch piano key or beadboard borders while quilts are loaded on longarms. Their tips are good, but don't always translate to sit-down quilters like the HandiQuilter Sweet Sixteen and similar machines. I happened to be quilting just such a border this week and had my husband shoot some photos for me so I could share my experience. We also shot a short video, but I'm not much of a techie in the way of adding videos to blog posts, so that is…