I am so glad you thought to comment. I was a school teacher who fell in love with quilting. I will never lose my passion for teaching, so this is my way to combine quilting and teaching. Please let me know if there is an area of quilting you would most like to see. And have fun creating.
I didn’t know that the stretch would shrink the design! How did you know for sure that the inside panto would fit the area without cropping once you got to the bottom?
That is a great question. I didn't. I cannot recall for certain, but I think I may have cropped the bottom. When I crop the bottom of an inside E2E, I have to be careful to make sure my marking points are falling perfectly within the stitch in the ditch area. It is not as difficult as doing the sides because I am only doing it for one row - the last one. Of course, it would have looked so much better overall if there had been no cropping. To do that, I would have needed to measure the height of the inside and used that in my area rather than my usual 30 or 35 inches. Then I would have subtracting 1/4 to 1/2 inch on that area. Not at all accuracy there but, rather, a guess. I would do that because quilting itself pulls at the fabric and makes the quilt top shorter than it starts out. I would then lay out the entire panto graph. would have to play around with the sizing again to get it to all fit. AT THIS POINT, nothing is certain. As I quilt down and only have three rows left, I would remeasure what I have left and how that compares to the design height size. Rather than waiting until the last row, I want to start at the 3rd row so I can redistribute any size adjustments I have to make so one row won't look different. I may need to readjust the height of the last three rows. I can also add or subtract some gap between rows. Even after all this, I could possibly have to end up cropping. It is tricky but can be done. You just have to be aware that messing with sizes is coming and don't wait till the end row. This is one more GREAT thing about working with border to border, though. It all falls in a straight line, but doesn't look perfectly straight with all the curves to your design, so it does not have to fall perfectly as close to each edge as all the other edges. As long as it is close, your eye will make the adjustments when looking at it to make it all look great. This has been lengthy, but could be another tutorial in itself. Definitely not easy to fit things perfectly within heights. Thanks for asking.
Excellent video, thank you I'm learning so much from you!
That makes me happy. Sharing with one another is so important to all of our successes in this quilting passion of ours.
i always learn from your videos, thank you!
I am so glad you thought to comment. I was a school teacher who fell in love with quilting. I will never lose my passion for teaching, so this is my way to combine quilting and teaching. Please let me know if there is an area of quilting you would most like to see. And have fun creating.
Really great information!
Thank you. Glad to hear it.
I didn’t know that the stretch would shrink the design! How did you know for sure that the inside panto would fit the area without cropping once you got to the bottom?
That is a great question. I didn't. I cannot recall for certain, but I think I may have cropped the bottom. When I crop the bottom of an inside E2E, I have to be careful to make sure my marking points are falling perfectly within the stitch in the ditch area. It is not as difficult as doing the sides because I am only doing it for one row - the last one. Of course, it would have looked so much better overall if there had been no cropping. To do that, I would have needed to measure the height of the inside and used that in my area rather than my usual 30 or 35 inches. Then I would have subtracting 1/4 to 1/2 inch on that area. Not at all accuracy there but, rather, a guess. I would do that because quilting itself pulls at the fabric and makes the quilt top shorter than it starts out. I would then lay out the entire panto graph. would have to play around with the sizing again to get it to all fit. AT THIS POINT, nothing is certain. As I quilt down and only have three rows left, I would remeasure what I have left and how that compares to the design height size. Rather than waiting until the last row, I want to start at the 3rd row so I can redistribute any size adjustments I have to make so one row won't look different. I may need to readjust the height of the last three rows. I can also add or subtract some gap between rows. Even after all this, I could possibly have to end up cropping. It is tricky but can be done. You just have to be aware that messing with sizes is coming and don't wait till the end row. This is one more GREAT thing about working with border to border, though. It all falls in a straight line, but doesn't look perfectly straight with all the curves to your design, so it does not have to fall perfectly as close to each edge as all the other edges. As long as it is close, your eye will make the adjustments when looking at it to make it all look great. This has been lengthy, but could be another tutorial in itself. Definitely not easy to fit things perfectly within heights. Thanks for asking.