It took me a minute to get over the shock that you're attaching a border to a Cathedral Windows quilt. A good rule of thumb is to have marks no more than 18" apart. But a border can also detract from the quilt if it's too big or too busy. In fact most of my quilting buddies do this, but I feel the same way about binding clips as I do about pins. To make this easy from this point forward, I am going to refer to a quilt block and a border in the process, but a flange can go on a pieced top or along the binding also. I am using the Layer Cake Lemonade from Fat Quarter Shop quilt top I demo-ed in this post. Note: this is just the way I do it, you may have your own method of doing this. Middle and quarter marks in black: Step 6 - Pin. One of the last jobs to complete when you’re making a quilt is to add the border strips. If the quilt and borders are long, keep folding and marking to achieve the spacing, and enough marks for matching. Finish attaching the binding to the quilt back. Attaching Borders to Your Quilt You have worked diligently on all your blocks and are ready to add borders. Friendly borders wave to you and having them on your quilt top is about the only time you do not want to see a friendly wave. Notice how the pin is still in the front side of the miter, holding everything in place while you are stitching. First off, a ruffled border does not have to be cut on the bias. In the table runner above, I wanted to add a little more red around the outside and the flange was just what I needed. (#6) There was no need to push and pull on the quilt. Do this by placing a long ruler at the edge of the border or quilt top. I used 7/8″ in this example. Attaching borders to your quilt is an important part of finishing your quilt top. For length: Measure one side of your block and see how tall it is. Each border piece is marked so that the amount you have left for the miter is not sewn to the body of the quilt. Turn the quilt over so the back side is facing up and stitch to the miter as shown. You can see now, how you will end up with problems. We're going to add strips to both sides of the quilt block first, and then add strips to the top and bottom to complete the border. I am pretty sure you can dig through your pile of unfinished quilts or projects and find a finished block that was never finished into a quilt. Adding a flange is really easy. The Godstone Grannies hexagon quilt - attaching a border to a hexagon quilt. For example, this quilt had a border with a finished size of 2.75″, so the quilt was trimmed 3″ from the seam line. Attaching borders to form mitered corners is a little bit different. Two seams will nest together, the border to quilt seam and the border to border seam. Attaching a border to a quilt isn't as simple as it seems. However, if I'm doing an "L shape" border (adding strips to top/bottom and sides) vs. a mitered border before adding a binding, I add the shortest sides first, then add the longest sides last. Lay out your quilt top and decide what kind of border or borders you will sew onto your quilt top. Attaching the binding. (#3 & #4) Using my hands on both sides of the dark stripe, I slowly went all around the edge. Watch the video clip below to see these steps in action. Attaching the Side Strips for the Border. Remove the quilt binding, and lay the quilt out flat on a hard surface. I make a mark on the wrong side that is about 4" from the end and them I make marks that are 20 1/8" apart. Finished top with flat borders! Fold both the quilt top and the border strips in half again, marking quarter marks. It is just so much easier to quilt a well pieced quilt and flat border!! Sew with the quilt border on the bottom so you can make sure quilt seams don’t get flipped in the wrong direction. This article will explain how to make quilt borders. Now that the binding is in place on the quilt back, it’s time to attach it to the front. If you are using a quilting ruler, you can gently pull the quilt into position so that the seams line up with the ruler marks. To prep the quilt for hand sewing the back,simply press the binding out from the front side of the quilt. You begin by sewing all four borders on the quilt. If borders are not attached correctly, you may find the edges are wavy and do not lay flat. The piece now measures 30½” x 45½” so it will be easy to add a border of 5″ (finished) squares. There are loads of ways. Sew together, beginning and ending the seam 1/4" from the quilt center's corners (be sure to backstitch at the beginning and the end). Today the author of that blog, Julia Wood, posted a question from one of her readers about adding border strips to a hexagon quilt. How to Attach Quilt Borders. Attach the quilt backing to your work surface with painter's tape. If there is more than 1/2” difference, square the top again, or look for problems in the piecing that need to be fixed before adding the border. Re: Attaching a border I would think it personal preference as to how you want your quilt to look. Work on one corner at a time. Measure the four edges of your quilt and cut enough 1"-wide strips to go all the way around, with a good half yard extra. I’ll let you read that query for yourself on The Hexie Blog. Lay your backing on a large, flat surface, so the printed side is face-down and the wrong side is face-up. Press the seams towards the border strip. I like to start with a strip of fabric that is 3/4″ to 7/8″ wide. 19 mai 2018 - Explorez le tableau « Bordure de courtepointe - Quilt border » de Courtepointe Québec, auquel 271 utilisateurs de Pinterest sont abonnés. Do you need to make a quilt bigger but don't have enough blocks to increase the size, then that's another good time for a border. Attach binding to front of quilt. Although the border seams looks flat and tidy, the raw edges of the quilt have waves of fabric, also called "fullness." An easy way to keep your cutting straight is to line up one of the lines on your ruler with a sewing line, for example, where the border attaches to the main part of the quilt. That happens as you are assembling the quilt and attaching the borders. Pin a border strip to quilt center edge, matching the center marks and allowing excess border strip to extend beyond the corner edges. And this is just one block. You absolutely can add a ruffled border to your baby quilt! Use a ruler to mark your stitching line. Bring the needle up inside the point as shown and do a couple of tacking stitches. Press seams toward border. But, the slap and sew quilt is 16 3/4!! One reason extra fabric may end up in the borders is not measuring the quilt top. But remember, if it’s a bit off, hardly anyone is going to notice except you. Voir plus d'idées sur … Doing this ensures the quilt will be square when the extra bits are removed. Wavy borders may cause tucks and/or puckers when quilted. The measured border quilt is 16 1/4 inches square, just as it should be (after the 1/4 inch seam). See this post on proper pressing here. Written by Diane Harris on September 8, 2017.Posted in Blog, How-tos and Ideas. So how do you finish the edges of a hexagon quilt? They get in my way. It’s not my favorite part of the process but I’ve learned to do it so that I have good results. One of the beauties of the Cathedral Windows pattern is that when you're done, you're done--and with a finished edge. On the right side of the block, lay the raw edges of the flange even with the raw edge of the block with the fold of the flange facing the center of the block. 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