A good prompt. I seem to be stuck on the same border idea for all my quilts. Either I have none or four of the same all around. But this one - at least I made them different size.
I'll have to get out a UFO to work on some borders. Blessings.
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| Border added, dark purple to the left, yellow/green all around. |
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| Collection of various scrappy borders ready to try out. |
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| Solid border added to my small scrappy improv blocks. |
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| Improv/wonky flying geese border added on the right. |
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| Solid strips added between each row and a yellow/green strip between each scrappy little block. |
Hello AHIQ friends! Happy fall!
This is a quick progress report on my wonky/improv quilt border experiments. I have piles of scraps in colors that play together well and orphan blocks laid out according to size (small). I'm making these small quilts up to be used as mug rugs for kitchen or table use for gifts for the holidays.
More to come, I'll be by to visit!
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| One of my finished small quilts with thin borders and improv 9 Patch border. |
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| Mary Hogan's book is full of inspiration and improv border ideas and tutorials. |
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| Two quilts in progress with improv Saw Tooth borders. |
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| Small sample quilt of leftover Saw Tooth border pieces. |
Hello AHIQ's !
What do you think of this new prompt? Borders are an important design feature of our quilts, right?
Have you tried any new borders lately? With what results?
I checked out a new book from the library, The Art of Make Do Quilting by Mary Kerr. Talk about amazing borders! Her subject on the cover is The Ultimate Guide for Working with Vintage Textiles, but her ideas and inspiration are easily transfered to newer quilt fabrics of course. It's a great book with super examples of her quilt projects.
Have a wonderful quilting day!