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Monday, November 18, 2013

The Best Laid Plans

My original thought was to miter the corners on the striped borders.  That plan actually worked out quite well on three corners, but no matter how I tried to manipulate, fudge, or convince the stripes line up, I just couldn't get them to match on the fourth corner.  Enter the seam ripper and plan B...I cut bias squares to put in each corner instead.  The bias squares aren't quite the same as mitered corners, but they sure were a whole lot easier!

6 comments:

1. Terry said...

What a pretty quilt! I think it looks good with the stripes in the corners like that! :0)

2. Needled Mom said...

That is a great alternative for the mitered corners. It looks so pretty.

3. Quiltdivajulie said...

I think your Plan B is VERY effective! Lovely quilt . . .

4. Jean said...

I like it, but I love striped borders. Sometimes we have to go to plan b, but that looks just as nice!

5. Madalene Axford Murphy said...

Those corners are much more interesting than mitered ones. They make the quilt come alive!

6. Beatrice said...

Well done! Creative thinking to the rescue!
Beatrice.

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