Instructions provided courtesy of guest John Fynn.
Materials:
book: Braided Border by John Flynn
16" x 23" center panel
3/4 yard of each of three fabrics (two dark and one light)
Omnigrid 98L triangle ruler
quilting notions
Note: The three fabric selections will be divided into two strips of panels. The wider strip panels are cut into squares (i.e. rail fence block). The narrow strip panels are cut into triangles. Create the border braid first before sizing the center panel.
Steps:
1. Cut five 2-1/4" x 42"strips of each of the three fabrics.
2. Cut six 1-3/4" x 42" strips of each of the three fabrics.
3. Sew the 2-1/4-inch strips together with an accurate 1/4-inch seam. Stitch dark-light-dark strip panel together and press the seams of three of the panels toward the fabric to be the outside frame of the quilt (figure A). Green is the featured outside border or frame for this quilt. Press the seams of the remaining two panels (for a total of five 2-1/4-inch strips) in the opposite direction.
4. Sew the six 1-3/4-inch strips together with an accurate 1/4-inch seam in the same order of the wider strips (step #3) and press all of the seams in one direction.
5. The panel of wide strips should measure 5-3/4 inches wide. Cut into 5-3/4-inch squares.
6. The panel of narrow strips should measure 4-1/4 inches wide. Cut into triangles using an Omnigrid 98L triangle ruler (figure B) on the line marked 7-1/2-inches. Alternate the base from one side of the strip to the other resulting in green triangle and purple triangle bases (figure C).
7. Sew 18 of the squares that have the seams pressed toward the outside frame fabric (green) to triangles (with a green base) that have the outside fabric for the long side matching the fabrics to each other (figure D).
8. Sew 14 of the squares that have the seams pressed away from the outside frame fabric to the triangle square pairs from step 7, so that the outside frame fabric of the piece you are sewing on is sewn across all three fabrics of the other square.
9. Sew 10 of the triangles with the inside fabric for a base to the triangle-square-square units from step #8 along the inside strip of the second square to form a standard unit of braid (figure E).
10. Press the connecting seams in the standard units away from the first square and toward the second square.
11. Sew the standard units together into two lines of two and two lines of three.
12. Sew a triangle with two squares to the end of each of the four lines.
13. Sew a triangle with one square to each of the four lines.
14. Sew a single triangle with the outside triangle as the long side to each of the four lines.
15. With the line lace up and the longest side toward you press all of the connecting seams to your right except for the last triangle seam which should go to your left.
16. Now you can measure the finished repeat—the distance from seam intersection to seam intersection on the long side of the triangles. Cut the center panel three repeats plus 1/2-inch seam allowance by two repeats plus 1/2-inch seam allowance.
17. The border is sewn on to the center panel from seam allowance to seam allowance on all four sides then sew the mitered corners.
Note: Piece three standard units of braid together. Next, attach a unit minus a triangle with a purple base. Add the next unit minus a triangle and the next square. The last unit is a triangle with a green base (figure F). The top and bottom braided border is two standard units pieced together in the same manner. For larger quilts add standard units of braid until the desired border size is achieved.
Resources Braided Border
by John Flynn
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Flynn Quilt Frame Company
Website:
www.flynnquilt.com
Guests John Flynn
Author, quiltmaker and owner of Flynn Quilt Frame Company
Website:
www.flynnquilt.com
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