Were you successful with your goal this month? Link up and share your progress.
This link up will remain open until November 30 at 11:55 pm EST.
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My goal this month was to get the Batesville BOM into a top. I wasn't really sure how I was going to proceed with this process because my blocks with the initial sashing were smaller than the instructions. There was supposed to be a pieced border that was very dependent on everything being precise. I had started to cut part of the pieced border fabric before I realized that mine was off by over an inch. Reading the instructions a little more closely, I noticed that the first border after the sashing was supposed to be cut in quite different widths to make the pieced border fit. That would have driven me crazy.
So I let it sit while I thought about it. I have a limited amount of fabric left to complete this quilt, which dates to 2007. I decided to mock up a version in EQ8 to see if I could make what I have work. It looks like this:
The gray border is the problem one. Since I'd already cut part of the fabric, I decided to make four-at-a-time HST instead of regular HST from that fabric. I don't really love this method due to the extreme amount of bias it generates, but it would work best in this situation; at least that was my thought. These HST should be plenty big enough to trim as needed (could go up to 3.25" cut). The original pieced border was supposed to to be 4.25" wide finished. I'm looking at 2.25" finished instead. This will make both sides .33" short with piecing, but I think I can adjust the seam allowances very slightly to make it work. The top and bottom will be right on.
At the moment, I have the first thin green border sewn on.
I've run out of time to finish the top before needing to publish the link up post, but am still hoping to get a completed top by the end of the month. I will update the post if I finish.
Now it's your turn to share your finish (or your progress if you didn't quite make it).
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Stories from the Sewing Room November One Monthly Goal Finish Link Up
I'm sure that you'll find an appropriate solution for that pieced border! I look forward to seeing your finished quilt top; it looks great so far. Happy Thanksgiving!
ReplyDeleteOh, what a juicy problem to have. So glad you had EQ to help with the math. I resort to that also when working on BOM's and putting them together for my own designs. Good luck!
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