Seminole quilt borders

“Created by the Native Americans of southern Florida, Seminole strip piecing is based on a simple form of decorative patchwork. Seminole strip piecing has uses in quilts, wall hangings, and traditiona

Sometimes, once a quilt top is finished, all we want to do is add a plain border or two. Many times they frame the quilt top very nicely, but a pieced border can add something special. Pieced borde…

This technique is too fun not to explore it more, so I present you Part II of the Seminole Piecing tutorial. You find Part I here. Yesterday someone asked me if this technique works with ombre fabric. Of course, but you will not have such variety in color compared with a rainbow fabric. Many ombre […]

One of the classes I took at Quilt Fest was from Jan Lowe on Seminole Piecing. This type of patchwork originates in South Florida with the Seminole Indians. Toward the latter part of the 1800's traders began supplying non-electric treadle sewing machines to the Seminole, and Seminole women began making intricately patterned fabric strips to decorate clothing. I am not sure how seminole patchwork made it into the quilting world but you can see the beautiful results! This quilt was made by the…

As I mentioned yesterday, I elected to Seminole piece the border for my Hen Party quilt. I did wonder, when I made the design, if I was biting off more than I could chew, but fortunately it has worked out very well! The whole key is to slow down and be very deliberate in everything you do. My border design called for 3" diamonds centred down a 6" strip. The sides of the diamonds needed to be 2 1/8", so I cut the brown strips at 2 5/8". In order for the cream edges to be wide enough, I cut…

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Let’s make an other border. This time the border has 2 blocks that are placed on point complete with side triangles and corner triangles. Let’s learn how to make a Jewels border in 3 minutes: Finishe

Seminole patchwork tutorial- learn how to enhance a design with rainbow fabric.