Quilting borders

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Photo above © Quilter's CacheMore great border construction ideas from Quilter's Cache. Get inspired and make those borders exciting! Full Post: Borders

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the 5 simple and fun quilt border designs

As a quilter, it’s always a good idea to have quilting designs in your arsenal of go-to techniques…especially if you’re quilting for others. Here are our five most popular border design tutorials… More

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a woman is working on some quilts with her hands and the words how to attach quilt borders

Depending on the quilt design, adding a border is a common last step when completing a quilt top. Toby Lischko shows you how to properly attach quilt borders, including giving tips on squaring quilts and cutting border strips so everything fits together nicely.

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someone is using a sewing machine to sew flowers on fabric with the words how to sew quilt borders for beginners

Learn how to sew quilt borders with this step-by-step tutorial. Learn how wide quilt borders should be, how to calculate the yardage needed and how to accurately sew borders to your quilt!

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three different types of mattresses with the words making beautiful borders with your walking foot

Join Julie Plotniko for step 4 of a wholecloth walking foot quilt as she uses SCHMETZ needles and Gütermann thread and a UNIQUE marker to create complex looking border designs that can be stitched with ease. Free pattern and tutorial.

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Hello Everyone, Today I'm going to show you how to make this ribbon border which will be framing my Peek-a-Boo Pumpkins. I started by making 32 (HST) half-square triangles. I make my HST eight at a time using an easy method. You can watch this method by clicking HERE and viewing my video on The Quilt Show. There is a lot of information in my Patchwork Math videos. To soak it all in, you can watch them over and over again for free! Now that I've trimmed my HST to the correct size using a…

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the quilts are laid out and ready to be sewn

We are on the last part of the Grand Canal Scrap quilt tutorials - the border. The only thing you need is for your mind to be flexible - you can make those scraps work! These pixs show different fabric but it is exactly how I make these scrap borders. Time to gather your scraps. I like the width of 2.5" since I have a ruler that size. I have done this method with a 1.5" measurement as well. Pick a width that works best with your size scraps. Lay your fabric any which way until you can cut…

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someone holding their hand on top of a quilt with the words how to make prairie points edging a fun and simple

We’re sew excited to show you how to make prairie points edging! The folded triangles can then be nested or overlapped and spaced close together or widely spaced, whichever best fits a quilt’s dimensions.

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a person's hand on top of a quilt

Have you ever gotten your quilt blocks all pieced together and then been totally stumped on what to do for the borders? Me too! Haha! I will show you what I came up with and maybe it will inspire some creative ideas in you too!Last week, I was working on my first Dresden Plate quilt (you can see that post here). I did some different kind of block arrangements that are whimsical and maybe a little artsy… So when I got to the border I had to pause (but not for long because this quilt had to be…

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simple machine quilting designs with text overlay

Once you are finished with your quilt, you may be thinking - what's the next step to actually getting this large piece of fabric into a finished quilt. Here are some of my favorite free printable machine quilting designs.

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a stack of colorful quilts sitting next to each other on top of a table

These printable continuous Flying Geese FPP Strips are perfect for borders, features or accents in your patchwork. Eleven sizes included.

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the correct way to add quilt borders

Let me show you how to add borders to your quilt the correct way! This will help prevent puckers and tucks in the quilting, and help your quilt to lay flat when it is done. Whether you choose to quilt

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