Month 2 LATTICE BORDER

[Dawn S.]

Janice I did this quilt for the Lattice ordeer also.....he he he

Oh, how funny! Me, too! I could just picture all of those slats (?) in the lattice, in all of the colors that I am using in my center block. I may have to tone down a couple of other areas though, or it could be REALLY colorful!!!

Dawn
In beautiful Northwest Montana

[Dawn S.]

Add me to the ones doing it for the lattice border.

[Margo C.]

I'm so glad to hear how many of you are liking the lattice border! I had never done one like this before, but I love it, too, and plan to use it again.

Now that we know how to make our floaters work for us (from last year's BOM) we can use this sweet little border to fit whatever quilt we want to put it on!

Sue rocks!!

[Jo H.]

I'm sewing my lattice border tonight and have squared off many of them. Are most of you leaving the paper on to match up when sewing them together or did you remove the paper first?

I'm nervous...

[Margo C.]

I removed the paper as soon as I trimmed the blocks to the correct size, and assembled them just like any regular blocks. In fact, I didn't pay any extra attention to the diagonal piecing...just lined up corners and the raw edges, and I thought they went together really easily!

[Jo H.]

Thanks Margo! I'll be brave then and remove them. :wink:

[Margo C.]

Nothing to fear here, JoJo! They just sew together like any plain ole 2-1/2" x 2-1/2" squares! Piece o cake!!

You can follow Sue's instructions to press the seams open, or follow mine to twirl the intersections, or just press them to one side. Whatever works for you!

[Jo H.]

Question:
Guess how long it took me to do 72, 2-1/2 blocks tonight?

Answer:
Two complete movies!

Hubby lent me his computer, and I listened to two movies that I know pretty much by heart. It was nice. I've never done that before and I think I enjoyed my time a little more, and I think I finally understand paper piecing a little more. I still had to redo 2 of my 72 because I had the center piece with the wrong side out, but overall it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.

Tomorrow, I'm hoping to finish the remaining and sew them together to make the lattice. I thought I could finish all the blocks tonight but my eyes are tired (too much concentration I guess :roll: )

[Jo H.]

I finished my lattice border yesterday while at a neighborhood quilt day. It looks lovely. I will post pictures today!!!!! :shock: :lol: :P

[Beth A.]

I always measure my bindings by the number of movies I can watch while sewing them on. I love both - the hand sewing and movies, so it is an especially favorite step in the making of a quilt.

BethMI

[Constance G.]

Question:
Guess how long it took me to do 72, 2-1/2 blocks tonight?

Answer:
Two complete movies!

Hubby lent me his computer, and I listened to two movies that I know pretty much by heart. It was nice. I've never done that before and I think I enjoyed my time a little more, and I think I finally understand paper piecing a little more. I still had to redo 2 of my 72 because I had the center piece with the wrong side out, but overall it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.

Tomorrow, I'm hoping to finish the remaining and sew them together to make the lattice. I thought I could finish all the blocks tonight but my eyes are tired (too much concentration I guess :roll: )

I'm curious...which two movies did you watch?

[Barbara B.]

I really like the lattice border too. It was easy and fun. I removed the paper as soon as the 2.5" blocks were trimmed. Most of the piecing went very easily, there were only a few I redid--mostly when 4 lattice came together--if they were off enough to be noticeable, I fixed them.

[Constance G.]

Barbara, I love the terra cotta you used for your setting triangles, and the slat and lattice borders really pull a lot of great colors together.

[Constance G.]

Barbara, it is beautiful!

[Constance G.]

I finished my lattice....here is a picture. I really like it. 8) :lol: :P