Hello Cuties! This is a long read so I apologize in advance.
A Patriotic panel picture was sent to me by a fellow quilter. Sue suggested I make one of my QOV panels with this border. I wasn’t familiar with this border but I could distinguish it was a quarter square triangle so I started making them. Boy how I made them! I had just laid a few out to make sure I was on track. So I continued. I knew by the photo, the corners were half square triangles. However, when I got them all laid out, the top and bottom rows were all wrong. So then my companion ( my ripper-lol) and I ripped out about 44 QST’s .
I’m sure many of you that quilt have made this border before but I only made 2 queen quilts and a few baby quilts before asked to join QOV group in 2019 and I was making this from a picture. I cut my fabrics 5 1/2 inches and the red I cut in half from corner to corner, making two pieces. The navy and white 5 1/2 inch squares I cut from corner to corner twice making an X cut for 4 pieces to make my QST. I then trimmed to square to 4 1/2 inch QST.
That night my bell rang DING, DING, DING or some might say my light bulb came on!
I went to YouTube ( why didn’t I remember what my grown kids/grandkids say. If you want to know ANYTHING google it or look up on YouTube)
I found out the border is called Twisted Ribbon or Curling Ribbon. I watched the exact lady with the eagle photo Sue sent make her border and tell you to MIRROR the sides from the top and bottom. If I had thought to look this up the day before it would have saved me a lot of ripping. Sue said she’s glad to know I make mistakes!-lol
On youtube the border she demonstrated is one row but on her eagle picture it’s 2 QST rows.
I thanked Sue for giving me a new-to-me idea and thankfully realizing I’m far from perfect. ( I thought that was obvious-lol)
Ps. By the way my panel was squared down to 19x29 and I started adding the red borders & building from there. The original panel may have been the last on the bolt as it was off a lot.
I hope you all have a nice day and maybe get time to sew, embroider, or quilt today ❤️Toogie
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Click photo, then Zoom to see individual quarter square triangles.
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109780Outstanding! Wish I could perch just behind your shoulder. :)
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158716Toogie, not only have you conquered this beast, you have posted a picture, all the details, a fine story (I read it all), and youtube with the name of the border and that it can be made singel or double. Thank you for sharing with us, I have been looking for this design. It will take me much longer but I am going to give it a go.
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by toogie
09 Jul 2022
I’m going to add the picture that was sent to me so you can zoom in or stretch it, so you can see the quarter square triangle squares. On YouTube she has you sewing strips but you’d have to be really precise to cut them and match up. I will do it my way-please show yours when you’re done. I’ll add picture of two rows but hers look smaller than my 4 1/2 in QST. Two of my rows make 8 1/2 inch. Photo above
5277As I said before. "You are amazing". I think the more challenging the designs are, the more you dig in trying to figure out how this works. The results are great quilts for well deserving Vets . Great to have a ripping partner 😊
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by toogie
09 Jul 2022
My ripper is nearby at all times though I try not to bother her-lol
I don’t like boring so that’s why I rarely repeat a pattern. I have to really like it. I will be repeating the Bargello wave I just made, only because I have an extra strip made I don’t want to waste. I do like a challenge. Thank you for always encouraging and supporting my ideas.
109774Tead your story. And i must say. You are a girl that never give up. Allways looking for solutions. What you have done with the border, couldn t be better. Congratulations
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by toogie
09 Jul 2022
Thank you Anita. I do like a challenge but I have to also like what I’m trying to make.
11391012452Beautiful! Sorry you had to rip.
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by toogie
09 Jul 2022
Thank you. I really don’t mind ripping but that was a lot of ripping and wasted afternoon.
11506Oh MY! I read your entire story and am glad I did. I had to laugh when I read about your companion. My handsome hubby says the same thing, he has shortened it to YouTube. I'm glad you persevered. This is a beautiful quilt and I love the Twisted Ribbon border.
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by toogie
08 Jul 2022
I like the finish of the Twisted Ribbon or Curling Ribbon, too K, but I don't like all those seam allowances. I clip them with my pinking shears and press, press, press but I still don't like them. I am very pleased with the result and doesn't that bright white really make it all pop! My husband just thought of 3 more military men vets he knows to award and we have 2 active great nephews and one that's been honorably discharged recently.
Please ask your husband, as I'm assuming a lot to think of him older than his 20's (lol), if men his 'mature' age, would rather a panel quilt or R/W/Blue one with blocks. I need feed back. Sharon, our group leader says she thinks the younger guys prefer the panels and the older ones the Star blocks or traditional block quilts. However, I've had one older guy that said he loved those panels. So he was awarded a panel quilt. I hurried and made it, from piecing to quilting, and thankfully he was able to make the presentation. He died a few months afterward. He really loved his quilt and my heart was full. Rocky was a sweet man. He told me that he was glad he got cancer. He said he never would have found the Lord if he hadn't. He said his life would have gone on unchanged, not doing anything bad but also not seeking the Lord.
by 02kar
09 Jul 2022
Toogie, I handed my laptop to Rob to answer your question. You gave him a good chuckle with the reference to his mature age. Anyway, he responded with, he did not have a preference as to the 2 choices. He feels it is an individual choice. He did say, he was given one with his name on it. He would have preferred it did not have his name so he could easily pass it on to a hurting vet. And he hopes that family members also treasure these quilts as the vets do. Please do keep sharing the stories of the quilts and the vets who receive them. It will be wonderful to run into Rocky in Heaven. I'm looking forward to it.
by sharonleekesner
09 Jul 2022
Regarding the name on the quilt. It could always be add to by adding "Given with gratitude for your service,from Robert the Great". Or some such wording. I don't know your husbands full name so I had to improvise.
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