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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Bordering on the Edge!

When I finished the first Christmas quilt back in May, I thought I was so cool and ahead of the game! Well, it's now less than a week before Christmas and I'm scrambling to finish everything up. Amazing what a little time crunch does to push some serious productivity.

Over the weekend I got all of the blocks joined, then last night I got the borders added to my Storybook #2 quilt. On the front I used the same Fairy Frost as some of the blocks and small joining strip for the front border. On the back I used a contrasting dark fabric for the border. I will quilt it with a light purple thread.  It should quilt up pretty quickly, I plan on using Leah Day's Spiral Ornament for the border motif.

I do like the QAYG method I used to add the border. Basically you add the front and back fabric, right sides toward your quilt and just stitch it on with a 1/4" seam. Then zigzag on a piece of batting to the raw edge of your quilt. Flip and press the border fabric over the batting and Voila borders!
So, considering that last Saturday, my Storybook 2 quilt was just a pile of quilted blocks and today, all I have left is to quilt the border and bind. I'm pleased with my progress.

But the week wouldn't be complete if I didn't at least attempt Leah's homework - What a Starry Mess.
Front

Back
So next Wednesday is the day after Christmas, I'm hoping that I only have the Elephant quilt left on my WIP list. But for right now here are my stats for the week:

In-process: (4)
Purple heart wall hanging  (quilting and binding)
Elephant quilt
Storybook quilt # 2 - quilt the border and bind
Pod Pillow - add the button

New projects: (0)

Finished (0)
 
I'm linking up with  Freshly Pieced for WIP Wednesday and The Free Motion Quilting Project for QAL Wednesday



WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced
Free Motion Quilt Along

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2 comments:

  1. LynetteDecember 19, 2012 at 12:09 PM

    huh! Thanks for sharing how to add borders to the quilt as you go blocks. That's really interesting. So it connects together just fine without waves or lumps?

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  2. Gramma QuilterDecember 20, 2012 at 7:44 AM

    Wow Have never seen borders done that way. Great idea. Hope i remember it when i need it next. You remind me of that little train engine that made it to the top of the mountain. It was a book i used to read to my kids. " i think i can, i think i can, I made it to the top! " Hope you have some R and R scheduled in there soon.

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