I've decided to finally finish up this navy Pioneer Braid that's been hanging around for-EVER as a set of five panels. I found these fabric "bricks" at a quilt guild auction and could not pass them up. I think I paid maybe $1.25 for a huge bag of them. I was immediately excited to start a Pioneer Braid...so excited that I didn't even consult a pattern, I just decided I wanted a navy background. I cut up navy squares and started building up the braids. Unfortunately, as a newer quilter, I didn't quite get the dimensions correct, so what's going to happen when I put the panels together is that the points on one side are going to be obliterated, for the most part, since very few have a quarter-inch seam available.
You know what? That's ok. I will still love it.
As for settings, let's take a look at some options.
Option 1 are the alternating rows. Every other panel goes up, down. I'm finding this setting makes me slightly seasick.
Option 2 are the outside rows all going in the same direction with the center row going up. I'm on the fence over this setting - don't hate it, don't love it.
Option 3 is all the rows going in the same direction. I'm sorry it's sideways. Even if I modify the picture in a variety of programs, for some reason Blogger can't understand that I want this to be upright. [sigh] Perhaps you can still get the idea. I happen to be leaning toward this setting.
I am still deciding if I want to a) leave the 3-inch strip of navy and add 3-inch strips between the other rows, b) leave the 3-inch strip and use just 1-inch strips to join the other panels, or c) trim the strips to 2 1/2 and use the same for the additional panels. Oh delightful decisions! :)
I have 4 days to get the top finished, borders added, and backing prepped. I was thinking about just plain-jane navy so the braids seem to float, but also have this little idea floating around about doing a braid border as well. Think I'll see what the final dimensions are for the center first. I have a feeling it's going to be a really odd measurement that might be hard to fit special borders to.
I'm excited to quilt this one. I'm trying to talk myself into doing freehand, since Ichickened out decided against that on the Swapping Stars quilt.
You know what? That's ok. I will still love it.
As for settings, let's take a look at some options.
Option 2 are the outside rows all going in the same direction with the center row going up. I'm on the fence over this setting - don't hate it, don't love it.
Option 3 is all the rows going in the same direction. I'm sorry it's sideways. Even if I modify the picture in a variety of programs, for some reason Blogger can't understand that I want this to be upright. [sigh] Perhaps you can still get the idea. I happen to be leaning toward this setting.
I am still deciding if I want to a) leave the 3-inch strip of navy and add 3-inch strips between the other rows, b) leave the 3-inch strip and use just 1-inch strips to join the other panels, or c) trim the strips to 2 1/2 and use the same for the additional panels. Oh delightful decisions! :)
I have 4 days to get the top finished, borders added, and backing prepped. I was thinking about just plain-jane navy so the braids seem to float, but also have this little idea floating around about doing a braid border as well. Think I'll see what the final dimensions are for the center first. I have a feeling it's going to be a really odd measurement that might be hard to fit special borders to.
I'm excited to quilt this one. I'm trying to talk myself into doing freehand, since I
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