Piano Key Border

Then i laid out the keys before stitching to be sure i liked the balance of dark light in the border.

Piano key border.

Fine tuning last half yard by qt fabrics musical instruments piano keys border stripe 26844 q countrystittches. 5 out of 5 stars 10 531 10 531 reviews 5 99. She gives tips for avoiding wavy or curved strip sets. You ll need to enlarge the quilt block at 125.

Jenny shows what a piano key border will look like on a small quilt then demonstrates piecing fabric strips together. The piano keys quilt border pattern makes a delightful quilt border that will surround your quilt with vibrant playful contrast. Free patterns quilt patterns block patterns border pattern. Reply 06 12 2012 08 26 am.

I ve never done a piano key border yet but want to. If size matters choose this 10 inch piano key border with 1 spacing rather than the 10 2inchpkbrdr. I love piano key borders. I ve used piano key borders in quilts made from strips and tried to cut equal amounts of keys from the strips used.

I gathered from another post that about 5 inches is a good length for the keys. Calculators fabric usage metric tool. Lessons in creativity jenny kae parks runtime 10 min one of the fastest and easiest ways to make a piano key quilt border is to first create a strip set and subcut that strip set into sections of the required length. Download the piano keys quilt border pattern as a pdf to print out the pattern.

More free border patterns. And how wide do you make your keys. Piano key borders can be all scrappy or they can repeat fabrics as would happen when using strip sets to make the piecing quicker. Sara also talks about how to determine the number of strips needed to complete the length of the border being made for a quilt.

Do you make one long enough strip of piano keys to go around quilt and miter corners or do you sew on top bottom and then sides. Stars with piano key border and cornerstones. Quilting info techniques equipment quilt types. From shop dmbrohm.