[Oceanwavequilters] Quilt frame and border

[kathy gaughen]

And you can make the frame strip even narrower than 1/4 inch by moving the needle over a notch or two.

> On May 18, 2023, at 1:20 PM, Evelyn Harris via Oceanwavequilters <oceanwavequilters at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
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> Hi All.
> 
> At Sunday's meeting some of you asked how I made the narrow frame and border around one of my quilts.  Here are the instructions:
> 
> Here is Ricky Tims’ method for creating a narrow frame with a border.  Taken from his book, Convergence Quilts:
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>  
> 1.      Cut the frame strips about ¾” wide.  Cut the contrasting border strips however wide you want the border.
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> 2.      Place the frame strip on the quilt with right sides together.  Check to make sure that the narrow strip is on top, wrong side up.  Carefully match the edges and accurately sew using a ¼” seam.
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> 3.      Rather than pressing the seam toward the frame, press the seam toward the quilt (this is important).  Sew on all four pieces.  Press each frame strip toward the quilt.
> 4.      Position the quilt top wrong side up.  Place the border strip underneath the quilt top, right sides together, matching the edges of the frame strip and border strip.
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> 5.      Instead of using the right side of the presser foot as your guide, use the left side of the presser foot.  Butt the presser foot into the sewn seam, against the line of stitching you created in Step 2.  Sew your seam, then press toward the border strip.  Sew border strips on all four sides.
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>  
> Now this is me talking:
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> 1.      After sewing on the border strip, you can re-press the seam between the quilt and the frame strip towards the frame strip.  This can eliminate some bulk if your quilt top has a lot of seams in it.
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> 2.      You can also make a double border with the frame strip between the two parts of the border.  This way, when you press the first seam of the frame strip toward the quilt, there isn’t any problem with bulk.
> 
> Happy stitching!
> 
> -Evelyn
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