Simple
Custom Quilting. iQ Project
#1. 2017
9. The bottom border.
There’s no video this
time because I think there’s no need to demonstrate modifying the border
pattern to fit the real quilt, but here are the steps with reminders about
which tools to use to make your pattern fit the real border. I am not including
complete step by step instructions, but you can refer back to the first
installment where we stitched the top border for help.
1.
Retrieve the
quilt map and align it off to the side of the real quilt.
2.
Mark on
quilt the real border block. Remember to mark the ends on the diagonal just as
we did in the first installment.
3.
Copy the
border patterns. There are two with each one starting at the center of the
border.
4.
Move them
into place, matching the center of the pattern to the center of the block. Use
the down/up arrows to move it into the correct position, close to the inner
seam line. Use the measure tool to check the distance.
5.
Zoom in and
pan along the whole length of the border to check the distance between the seam
line and the border. Move the patterns up or down as necessary to get the
majority of the pattern in the correct position.
6.
Look at each
end. Does the pattern reach the diagonal line at the ends of the border block?
If it overlaps, and it probably will, alter the width. Do not use stretch here because that will alter both the height and
the width and could change the scale of the whole pattern too much. Change the
width and keep panning from one end of the border to the other to check the
pattern. (Refer back to the video of the first installment if necessary.)
7.
Pan along
the whole border while zoomed in to find places where you might need to use
shape shift to move parts of the pattern. Alter the size of the effect circle
to suit the size of the piece of pattern you want to alter.
8.
Check that
the pattern’s center is still at the center of the width of the border.
9.
Pan along
one more time when zoomed in. Zoom out to look at the whole border – does it
look good?
10. Once you are happy with the way your pattern
looks, proceed onto the stitching sequence page and set the patterns to stitch
out from the center, first one half of the pattern, and then the other. Select
stop to cut threads as the transition.
11. When the first half has stitched and the threads
have been cut, let the machine move to the start of the other pattern but watch
where it stops to take the single stitch. If it’s not exactly where the first
pattern started, touch the realign button. Select the start of the pattern on
the screen as your reference point, and then move your needle to where you need
the pattern to start. (I had to do that in the first video)
12.
When all the
stitching is completed, remove the quilt from you machine. Turn it 90ยบ and
re-mount it so the unquilted borders are at the top and bottom.
There will be a video
for the next installment where we will finish the quilt.
If you need to watch the
video to remind yourself how we quilted the first border, select ‘project’ in
the side menu and all the installments will be sorted so you can find that
first video easily.
If you have any
questions, please e-mail me or ask at the yahoo iQ forum, on facebook, or at
MQR. I check all 3 daily.
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