Braided Quilt Border Pattern

Cut your leftover strips and pieces into 2 1 2 x 6 rectangles.

Braided quilt border pattern. Subscribe for more quilting videos. Inner border braid. Another and another until the strip is a long as you want your quilt to be. Stitch strip 1 to the end of strip 2 creating a 90 degree angle.

The pattern is most often seen around the edges of a quilt as a border. Sep 1 2020 explore jennifer young haines s board braid quilt followed by 295 people on pinterest. Learn how to make an intricate quilt border with this pioneer brad quilt bargello border. The left side border pattern is shown to demo placement but it will be too long to stitch between the bars.

Sew a 2 1 2 square to the side of one rectangle like this. Have an even number of strips on each side when you get done. I piece the braid so it is several inches longer than i need trim the length that i need for one long side of the quilt and then take the top of the braid that is trimmed off and. To make the braided quilt border pattern.

10 2 x wof strips set aside 6 for the inner border then subcut 24 2 x 7 rectangles final border braid. Cut strips from light and dark fabrics. To the patterns or the quilter s cache august 28 2001 marcia hohn. The pioneer braid patchwork piecing method is greatly assisted by the use of a printed muslin fabric known commercially as.

1 sew a 2 square to the side of 1 2 x 7 rectangle. Stitch 4 to 1 and its end to 3. The pioneer braid also known as the prairie braid is a patchwork quilt pattern that combines strips of fabric into a decorative braid design. Jul 22 2012 the rich braided quilt border pattern makes a complex yet beautiful quilt border.

Continue adding strips to needed lengths. Download the free quilt border for your nextquilting project. These directions make a braid that finishes at 6 wide. Stitch strip 3 to strip 2 and its end to strip 1.

Http bit ly melanieham updated envelope style pillow cover on hgtv handmade https youtu be a7eiex7g6js 5 days to bett. Now use your rotary cutter mat and ruler to cut off the sides of your strips keeping in mind that i show a short length here. Different widths and lengths of rectangles will alter the size of the braid. See more ideas about braid quilt quilts quilt patterns.

Stitch triangles made with strips to corners. Set the corner patterns first then add border patterns to fit and fill the length of the border. You will need to turn the quilt to quilt the two side borders.