Sewing BORDERS provides
the finishing touch
In the border vs no border
questions I almost always
and exclusively vote for
borders. At least one! I
generally lean to a small
inner border to provide a
frame and then a larger
outer border. Borders
aren’t for everyone and
you certainly don’t need
to add any—a layer cake
quilt top is a great size for
a sofa or cuddle quilt. But
for me? Sewing borders
provide the finishing touch,
I love them. Also, adding
borders to this quilt just
gives me another reason
to keep using my PFAFF
Quilt Ambition 2.0 sewing
machine.
A 1 1/2" red border will provide a great pop of color
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Lots of throat space makes adding borders effortless
I'm usually all about color.
If you know me at all you know I’m all
about color. It’s everywhere in my house
and my quilting, but this quilt isn’t for
me, so the colors in the main body of the
quilt are a bit dark for me, a navy blue,
a beige and a tan. So the inner border
was screaming to be a color of interest.
I had some great red in my stash and
thought it would provide that ‘pop’ of
color needed.
The finished inner border is 1½" so I
cut 2" strips by the width of fabric and
pieced them together in sets of two.
Sewing them to the quilt top using my
¼" sewing foot to make a ¼” seam. I also
shortened my stitch length, which is so
easy to do on the PFAFF Quilt Ambition
2.0 sewing machine.
That inner border looks great as far as I’m
concerned. The outer border is going to
be a bit trickier. Remember this is a gift
for someone, the inner part of the quilt is
made with fabric with a ‘coastal’ theme,
seagulls, lighthouses etc., she is an East
Coast girl and is hoping to return there
upon retirement. She also loves houses,
house hunting, open houses etc. Just
houses, and I had the perfect fabric for
the outer border b