It's the second Friday. Are you ready for another border? I have to admit I'm loving how this is coming together. I hope you are just as pleased with the progress of your quilt.
This month's border frames your quilt in mountains. You will need a yard of background fabric and lots of scraps. If you have the 2" bow ties cut If you have 2 1/2" bow ties cut
From background and from scraps From background and from scraps
32- 2" x 6 1/2" rectangles 32- 2 1/2" x 6 1/2" rectangles
32- 2" x 5" rectangles 32- 2 1/2" x 5 1/4" rectangles
32- 2" x 3 1/2" rectangles 32- 2 1/2" x 3 3/4" rectangles
32- 2" squares 32- 2 1/2" squares
Draw a diagonal line on your 2"or 2 1/2" scrap squares depending on the size you used on your bow ties. Place this on your 2" x 6 1/2" or 2 1/2" x 6 1/2" background rectangles.
Do 16 of them as shown on the right and 16 as shown on the left.
Sew on diagonal line press back and trim seam allowance. Unit !
Sew on diagonal line. Trim seam allowance
and press back. Unit 2
Draw a diagonal line on the 5" or 5 1/4" scrap rectangles. Place on the 3 1/2" or 3 3/4" background rectangle. Do 16 so the scrap rectangle runs side to side and 16 so the scrap rectangle runs up and down.
Sew on line. Trim seam allowance and press back. Unit 3
Draw a diagonal line on your 2" or 2 1/2" background rectangles and repeat the process you did in the first step replacing the 2" x 6 1/2 or 2 1/2" x 6 1/2" background rectangle with the scrap rectangles of the same size. Unit 4 Sorry I apparently forgot to take pictures of these one. Opps!
Take the a Unit one and sew it to the right side of Unit 2 as shown.
Arrange your blocks into 4 sets of 8 as shown. You can sew the side sets on to your quilt.
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