Yesterday I showed you the design I am going to use on the border quilting and today I am going to share how I got that design onto the black basted quilt border. I thought about making a stencil but didn’t want the work of cutting all those channels so came up with another idea.
I cut a piece of water soluble plastic like material and laid it over the quilting design I had drawn. I don’t know what the brand name of this plastic film is but have had it a long time and think I remember buying it in the machine embroidery section of the fabric store. It is heavier than Solvy, another product that looks like clear plastic and dissolves in water.
I marked the design with the Chubby Crayon by Miracle Chalk. It feels like a crayon, marks white marks on fabric or this plastic and the website says has chalk in it too that will disappear with heat from an iron. I don’t think I need it to disappear since I am marking on the plastic but didn’t want to use a regular crayon in case some marks might transfer over to the black fabric. I taped the plastic stuff (sure wish I could remember what it is called) to my newsprint design and traced the design with the Chubby Crayon. I drew the outside registration marks with a pink permanent marker (follow the arrow to see the line) to make it easier to line up straight on the border. You can see the marks after I put a purple folder under the plastic.
I used safety pins to attach the plastic to the border, centering it as I pinned. I did remove the hand basting on that black border as I wouldn’t be able to get it out before crossing over it and stitching it down.
I did cut the corner design off and positioned it exactly on the corner of the border as it was just a little off and I can extend the quilting lines to get it all connected I hope.
I have all 4 sides pinned and ready to quilt and am anxious to find out if my “great idea” will turn out like I hope it will. I do have it pinned down pretty flat so hope I don’t get any tucks or pleats. I will let you know how the quilting goes on this border right away and won’t make you wait until the big reveal in May.
Until Later,
Lynn
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