So this past weekend, I had a “make it work” moment. Do you watch Project Runway? If not, you may not know the phrase Tim Gunn made famous. I love that show and it is such a great phrase; make it work.
I was working on a quilt and adding mitered borders from a border print. I learned two things:
1. If you cut the print wrong, sometimes you can salvage it.
2. If you sew your miters on a 30 degree angle, you end up with a bra, not a border.
I have only done mitered borders a few times. Most of my quilts have small borders or no borders so I don’t take the time (or the fabric) to make mitered ones. This quilt called out for miters though.
So I picked up my manuscript of our soon to be released book, in which I have directions on making mitered borders. How cool was that? I was my own instructor!
Of course, no directions are good unless you actually follow them! Hence the oops! And the bra-like border.
But the borders are on, the quilt is lovely and off to the long arm quilter for her magic touch. Yea!
happy quilting,
Kate
p.s. Don’t forget- this week is the Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks Blog Tour- check it out here. And come back here on Friday for my block and my post!