Whether you are a beginning quilter or one who wants to pick up some tips for making a quilt, this AQS Let’s Quilt series is for you. Once you learn the basics, you will be comfortable with making any style of quilt. Bonnie Browning begins with the most popular patterns, plays with color, and shows you how to make a quilt step by step. Downloadable instructions are included with each lesson.
Class 6 – Six Panel Quilts in Six Weeks
In this class, we will be working with six different panels – a different panel each week. Gather a variety of border ideas that you can use on the panels of your choice.
Lesson 1:
Half-Square Triangle Border
Lesson 1 features a 4” half-square triangle border to frame the panel and a plain border to make the central design float.
Lesson 2:
Borders with Cornerstones
Lesson 2 features the Venice Flowers panel by Robert Kaufman. Four borders are added to the panel for a wallhanging. Cornerstones on three borders leads your eye from the edge to the central design in the panel.
Lesson 3:
Blocks in the Left and Bottom Borders
Lesson 3 features the Wildflower Farm panel by David Textiles. Learn how to add pieced blocks to make your quilt larger, how to add borders to make the blocks fit, and how to change the size of the outer borders for a better balance.
Lesson 4:
Three Borders with Mitered Corners
Lesson 4 features the Ironweed in the Fog panel by Starforest Quilts. Three mitered borders are added to this digitally-printed photo panel. The colors in the panel are repeated in Border 2 by using an ombre fabric that is colored from light gray to purple. Borders 1 and 2 use the same purple print. Learn how to calculate the size to cut the borders for mitered corners, sew them together, and then stitch the three borders to the panel. See how Bonnie marks the miters using the sewn seam line rather than the outer edge of the last border.
Lesson 5:
Using a Border Print as a Border
Lesson 5 features the Tuscan Poppies panel by Timeless Treasures. Three borders are added to this panel including a companion border print. Learn how to slice the panel using the Fibonacci Sequence to size the slices and how to scale Border 1 so the repeat of the Border 2 border print fits perfectly.
Lesson 6:
Borders with Four-patch Blocks
Lesson 6 features the Quilting Santa panel from Marshall Dry Goods. Three borders are added to this panel. Learn how to size Border 1 so the pieced blocks in Border 2 fit the panel. See how Bonnie chain pieces the Four-Patch blocks without using any pins. This is a skill you can use over and over again.
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