26 May 2012 ~ 0 Comments

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.

Sometimes these early centers were Broiderie Perse, sometimes cut wholly from Toile fabric and sometimes all appliqued, then piecing on Medallion Quilts started a bit after.   Our American tradition of repeating and/or alternating blocks became popular later with the scarcity/expense of fabrics and as the country expanded.  Working in the block format was found to be more portable and didn’t require the purchase large amounts of fabric.  But medallion quilts were popular early then were revived somewhat in the 1930s and of course we still admire them today.

 

Thanks for following along with our Spring Medallion Quilt.  If you have been keeping up, you are now about to finish a beautiful example of this historic quilt form.  The last border is whole cloth (just one fabric) and it ties the whole project together.  We are using the pinless mitering technique developed by Charlotte (Thanks!) that served us so well on our applique border.

But we aren’t really done yet!  Next week we will discuss Backing and Quilting options.  Then Sleeves and Labeling are next.  Oh, and I’m planning a wonderful Mystery for summer so be sure to check back.  We are swapping Orange fabrics in our classes in June so we will do another pattern to join our other swap quilts.  Of course the Doll quilts will continue along with our Quilter’s Alphabet quilt.  And the patterns available on our Etsy site have been very popular lately.

Here is the pdf for the Final Border (The mitering technique is linked above)…

Medallion Quilt Final Border

So thanks for stopping by…

Make A Great Quilt!

 

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