I sewed together my first strip for the braid quilt. I had to make some adjustments to get the right length (calculations were correct - but I started measuring at the wrong point).
After that, I could see that I needed to reverse the starting point to get the pieces to line up how I wanted. I'm so glad I didn't sew multiple rows at once or I'd have everything staggered.
The second strip came together just as I wanted. Yay! And now I know how I need to tackle the last two rows. Once they're together, I'll need to assess border, batting and backing materials. I suspect I won't have enough on hand to complete this. It's looking pretty good so far.
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This is such a lovely braid quilt...nice work You have a lot of pretty reds and blues in there...~ ~ ~ waving from afar Julierose
ReplyDeleteAmazing amount of quilting work.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful red, white and blue braid! I especially love the depth you're achieving through all of the color variations of the red row.
ReplyDeleteWow, this is such a lovely project. Glad you worked out there was something wrong before you got too far along. Happy Stitching :)
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