My quilt guild's retreat this past weekend was very fun and inspiring. I work primarily on a quilt using very cute images of lighthouses that I cut from a sweatshirt that no longer fit. One of the reasons I love quilting is recycling! I will post a picture of my fun lighthouse quilt project when I finish it.
Today, I wanted to tell you about using MyWebQuilter.com to test your ideas for quilt sashing and quilt borders. The example quilt design uses a double nine patch quilt block and a snowball quilt block in shades of purple.
The first picture is of a quilt using these two blocks with no sashing and no borders. The two blocks make a very interesting woven look pattern but the quilt looks unfinished.
The second picture uses MyWebQuiter.com's border options to add a small black border and a larger light purple quilt border with the double nine patch block as a corner quilt block. In my opinion, this is an improvement over the first version.
Next, I removed the corner blocks and added a thin sash in dark purple. This version might be better for beginning quilters - no extra blocks required for the border and sashing that can hide any imperfections in piecing. However, sashing eliminates interesting woven pattern that exists when the snowball quilt block and double nine patch quilt block are adjacent.
The fourth picture uses rail fence quilt blocks for sashing, with a small double nine patch quilt block at the sash intersections. I actually used three borders, the first border is set to replicate the sashing. Then the black and light purple border follow.
I created these design options along with numerous others in MyWebQuilter.com in minutes. This example shows how MyWebQuilter.com can be a design wall to choose between quilt layout options.
Happy quilting!
Today, I wanted to tell you about using MyWebQuilter.com to test your ideas for quilt sashing and quilt borders. The example quilt design uses a double nine patch quilt block and a snowball quilt block in shades of purple.
The first picture is of a quilt using these two blocks with no sashing and no borders. The two blocks make a very interesting woven look pattern but the quilt looks unfinished.
The second picture uses MyWebQuiter.com's border options to add a small black border and a larger light purple quilt border with the double nine patch block as a corner quilt block. In my opinion, this is an improvement over the first version.
Next, I removed the corner blocks and added a thin sash in dark purple. This version might be better for beginning quilters - no extra blocks required for the border and sashing that can hide any imperfections in piecing. However, sashing eliminates interesting woven pattern that exists when the snowball quilt block and double nine patch quilt block are adjacent.
The fourth picture uses rail fence quilt blocks for sashing, with a small double nine patch quilt block at the sash intersections. I actually used three borders, the first border is set to replicate the sashing. Then the black and light purple border follow.
I created these design options along with numerous others in MyWebQuilter.com in minutes. This example shows how MyWebQuilter.com can be a design wall to choose between quilt layout options.
Happy quilting!
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