The Bee in my Bonnet Row Along - Outer Borders Tutorial!

Hello.

It's me again:)

You can see here that my 

Row Along Quilt

 top is complete...

and soon yours will be too:)

The row along is over!

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YaY!

My book is now ready for pre-order!

CLICK HERE

The book includes the pattern for the row along quilt

 plus new blocks and 10 "spin off" projects!

Now that your inner borders are finished...

It's time for the final outside border:)

I have showed you about a bajilloion times 

the fabrics that I have chosen for the borders of my quilt!!!

But as I have said...if you want it scappy...

you can easily make it scrappy and it will look something

 like the outside border in my 

Millie's Dresses Quilt

Now that you have an idea of what 

the scrappy verses one fabric looks like...

you can decide!

Both will be pieced exactly the same...easy peasy:)

Cut Width of Fabric strips.

From each strip cut squares.

If you are making a scrappy border...

Cut a bunch of different fabric squares:)

Cut your background fabric.

These are the squares for the easy corner triangles.

Now cut strips and join together like you did for the inner borders.

Set them aside for later:)

You will need 4 squares for the corners.

Sew an Easy Corner Triangle onto opposite sides of all four squares.

Trim and press towards the triangles.

Set them aside for later.

Now sew easy corner triangles onto the

 top 2 corners of your remaining squares.

You know the drill...

do I even have to say it?

(okay...trim and press towards the triangles)

Sew them together in a row like this.

Press the seams open:)

Pinning...

You know the drill for that too...from the inner border tutorial

so I really won't repeat it all again.

Just do it the same way!

Sew to the side of your quilt starting at the top ...

and ending at the bottom like this.

Press the seams towards the outer border.

Repeat for the other side.

Now join squares together in a row and 

then sew a corner piece on each end.

Then sew one of your previously cut  

background strips to the top like this.

Press towards the background.

Now pin and sew it to the top of your quilt.

Make sure to line up and pin the seams right at the intersection

where the top and side of the outside borders meet

 so that you will have a nice crisp corner:)

Press seams towards the outer border and 

repeat process for the bottom of the quilt.

Pin and sew one of the background strips

 to the side of your quilt.

Press seam towards the background.

Repeat for the other side.

Give yourself a big pat on the back because

 you now have your row quilt top completed:)

YaY!!!

I'm so proud of you!!!

Stay tuned...

 because tomorrow I have a 

"preparing the back 

and the

scrappy binding tutorial"

Have a finishing up your row quilt top kind of day...

xx

Lori