Piano Key Border

She gives tips for avoiding wavy or curved strip sets.

Piano key border. Free patterns quilt patterns block patterns border pattern. Fine tuning last half yard by qt fabrics musical instruments piano keys border stripe 26844 q countrystittches. Lessons in creativity jenny kae parks runtime 10 min one of the fastest and easiest ways to make a piano key quilt border is to first create a strip set and subcut that strip set into sections of the required length. I love piano key borders.

I ve never done a piano key border yet but want to. The piano keys quilt border pattern makes a delightful quilt border that will surround your quilt with vibrant playful contrast. Stars with piano key border and cornerstones. Jenny shows what a piano key border will look like on a small quilt then demonstrates piecing fabric strips together.

More free border patterns. Favorite add to 3 yards of 7 8 ribbon piano key board 10551 dmbrohm. I gathered from another post that about 5 inches is a good length for the keys. Reply 06 12 2012 08 26 am.

Do you make one long enough strip of piano keys to go around quilt and miter corners or do you sew on top bottom and then sides. Then i laid out the keys before stitching to be sure i liked the balance of dark light in the border. Sara also talks about how to determine the number of strips needed to complete the length of the border being made for a quilt. You ll need to enlarge the quilt block at 125.

Piano key borders can be all scrappy or they can repeat fabrics as would happen when using strip sets to make the piecing quicker. And how wide do you make your keys. From shop dmbrohm. I ve used piano key borders in quilts made from strips and tried to cut equal amounts of keys from the strips used.

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