You have finished your quilt top. The quilting is done too. But before you put your binding on, there is one more thing to consider… Do you want to add a sleeve for hanging?
Category: Spring Medallion Quilt
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How To Make A Great Quilt Back!
You have finished a beautiful quilt top like our Spring Medallion. Whether it is a artful expression in contemporary fabrics or a fabulous rendition of a traditional design, you need to make a back to move on to the quilting stage. And that back should hint at that glorious work on the front without detracting from it.
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Spring Medallion: Adding Your Final Whole Cloth Border
Wow! We are nearly done with the construction on this lovely quilt. Medallion quilts surely date from before their European popularity in the 1700s. In fact, this is one of the forms of quiltmaking the earliest settlers brought with them to America.
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Spring Medallion – Seminole Border Part 2
Sorry for the delay in presenting this. We are getting close to the finish. After this, there is is the final whole cloth border, then quilting and binding with a flat flange. I will also be discussing labels and sleeves before we wrap this project up and move onto our Summer MYSTERY!
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Spring Medallion Seminole Border Part 1
So far for this Spring Medallion Quilt, we have looked at Appliqué, multiple ways of making Flying Geese, the intricate piecing of the Twisted Ribbon border and some strip piecing for the Pieced Scallop border. Now we look at Seminole Piecing.
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Spring Medallion Quilt: Adding The Pieced Scallop Blocks To The Quilt
Last week we made 36 Pieced Scallop blocks. Now it is time to add these blocks as the next border of our Spring Medallion quilt.
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Spring Medallion: Pieced Scallop Border Part 1
Quite often, lovely quilts have beautiful appliquéd Scallop borders… Which got me thinking… Could a scallop border be pieced?
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Spring Medallion – The Spacer Border
Spacer borders are often vital to attaining the desired look of a quilt. This is especially true for Medallion Quilts since they are all borders!
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Spring Medallion: Twisted Ribbon Border
We have been off on Spring Break this week but class resumes on Monday. Now we are ready for the next round of our Spring Medallion: The Twisted Ribbon.
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Spring Medallion: Mitering the Corners of the Applique Border
Charlotte, a class member and great quilter, offered to show us her favorite method of mitering the corners of our Applique Border on the Spring Medallion Quilt. This is a great method and Charlotte has done a wonderful job with her instructions.
