Patchwork borders for quilts

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

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…

Curling Ribbon Border

Borders? I have a love/hate relationship with borders on my quilts. And lately, I have been very lax---read that as lazy---about using ...

Aside from playing around with EQ, this is what I’ve been working on. I need 4 long strips like this for one of the pieced borders for Scrappy Star. At this point, it seems like an endless bi…

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

Anyone who works on a quilt, who devotes her time, energy, creativity, and passion to that art, learns to value the work of her hands. And as any quilter will tell you, a quilter's quilting friends are some of the dearest, most generous, and most supportive people she knows. Jennifer Chiaverini Adding a pieced border to any quilting project always sets it off and shows that you put more effort and thought into your project. This is a simple but stunning way to make a pieced border. There are…

Happy Monday! I got a lot accomplished over the weekend…task one was to finally get the borders added to my Crossroads quilt I’ve been working on all of 2016. I last posted about this quilt back in August when I finished putting the blocks together with the sashing (see that post here). I think at […]

I got Halo Medallion loaded on the longarm this weekend. I had two days of quilting. Everything worked out great. Good tension. Lots of ide...