tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084772945664641496.post773198706122254379..comments2023-10-08T07:33:40.900-06:00Comments on American Quilter Magazine: Breaking the border-cutting "rules"Christine Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01010765721481350519noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084772945664641496.post-91614729008015803852011-05-16T19:30:56.576-06:002011-05-16T19:30:56.576-06:00Thanks for the encouragement to break the rules an...Thanks for the encouragement to break the rules and defy the quilt police. I have seen many a potential quilter be discouraged from quilting because of the quilt police. There are many ways to quilt and many reasons for quilting. There is not just one way. I've actually done diagonal cuts of fabric for the borders....and yes, it's tricky...but the look was worth it!Dresden Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06909358593146309899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084772945664641496.post-50620067625299365212011-05-16T18:28:13.755-06:002011-05-16T18:28:13.755-06:00After many trials with cutting borders and piecing...After many trials with cutting borders and piecing border and finally quilting borders - I decided that I would break the ultimate rule - I would stop designing borders on my quilts LOL!! I do occasionally add one but if I can do without - I do without. Gives my quilts a whole new look!Nina Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14316034317827146338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084772945664641496.post-71053035485551597602011-05-16T18:05:23.205-06:002011-05-16T18:05:23.205-06:00Gee, if I wanted a lot of the blue I would likely ...Gee, if I wanted a lot of the blue I would likely have just spaced my cuts so each one had the blue, but the wof if fine too. I typically find the wavey borders when people are trying to adjust out the piecing errors in the center of the quilt. Typically people will add extra instead of subtracting and this always makes a wavey border.Quilty Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05993766486238739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084772945664641496.post-22336764922388303382011-05-16T13:29:14.267-06:002011-05-16T13:29:14.267-06:00We were just talking about quilt police at our bee...We were just talking about quilt police at our bee today....we decided that quilts show one's own creativity and so we should do what pleases us not what the "rules" say. I often do my borders with WOF cuts!quiltingnanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07741123206713543541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084772945664641496.post-82722800332537913522011-05-16T12:25:18.865-06:002011-05-16T12:25:18.865-06:00Thank you for the confimation. I usually always en...Thank you for the confimation. I usually always end up not having enough fabric without piecing anyway, so I just do the selvage to selvage and then I'm careful to use the design to mix or match as I like the results. <br />LOL, the only Quilt Police around is yourself!<br />xoxoxoMs MoomMisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10122787724968838631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084772945664641496.post-85033252490107741562011-05-16T12:18:34.124-06:002011-05-16T12:18:34.124-06:00Why not cut the fabric diagonally? You could have ...Why not cut the fabric diagonally? You could have strips that are entirely blue fans. Of course, this cutting decision would require EXTREME CARE in handling the cut fabric to prevent ugly stretching. Some of that care might be reduced if you "cut" the fabric by running it through the serger after drawing straight lines onto the fabric to follow as you serge. The serger would provide a stablized edge (and the serger thread would also give some additional padding under the binding).<br />Myra -- Fort Wayne, INMyranoreply@blogger.com