Orca Bay RED - Borders

BEFORE -

AFTER -

What a difference a border makes, huh??

It still looks BUSY to me -

But I DON”T CARE anymore  -

Because - now -

It’s BUSY AND RED!!  ;))

And I LOVE RED!!

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This next part is to show you -

How I Did it -

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Note - these instructions are written in LEFTISH.
If you are right-handed - just reverse the directions.
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I had said that it needed one more border -

OK - I did that -

Put some more “geese” up on the wall -
Only RED ones this time -
Add some squares -

Add some “wings” -

Might need another border -

Laid the first round out on my handy-dandy mini-design boards

And for the second round of red -

What about left-over strips -

What about this great red/purple print -

What about both left-over strips AND the red/purple print -

What about left-over strips in the center sections -
And something else in the corners -

Yeah - that might work -

Sew the center sections first - 

Add the corners -
To the top and bottom strips -

When I pin on my borders -
I put an extra pin in the side -
To help keep it square -

Sometimes the seam needs to get pressed -
The other way -
To let it “nest” with the top seam -

The pin in the red “goose” section -
That goes the “wrong” way -
Is marking the match point -
Of the black “goose” on the bottom side -

If the whole seam on the top section -
Lines up with the seam on the bottom section -

Chances are -
My block corners will match better -

And the top will come out more square -

It’s not as perfect as the professional quilters can get -

But it’s good enough for me - ;))

And it would have been a whole lot easier -

If I had KNOWN -

That I was going to add those RED borders -

When I was still sewing the center "chunks" -

I could have just sewn BIGGER "chunks" - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -