See how blocks with basic design elements, good color and contrast, and correct application add drama and style to any quilt!
- Complete beginner-friendly guide to learning and practicing good border design techniques
- Over 20 borders to try, with dozens of mix-and-match options
- Step-by-step instructions, coordinating full-color photography, and helpful diagrams
- 3 full-size sampler quilts to practice your border skills and reflect your own style
- Ready-to-use appliqué templates, plus 4 fast and easy bonus projects
Borders: The Basics & Beyond is the complete guide to good border design techniques, making it perfect for any quilter to practice and build border-making skills!
With step-by-step instructions, full-color photography, and helpful diagrams, you'll learn more than 20 border techniques, from the basket weave and scrappy sawtooth to pinwheels and flying geese.
Once you complete each individual border design, three full-size border sampler quilt projects are provided to put it all together! Also included are four fast and easy bonus projects, ready-to-use appliqué templates, and ideas for alternative color options.
Borders are more important than you think! Make your quilts more beautiful and cohesive than ever before, with Borders: The Basics & Beyond!
Jill Reber is a quilter, teacher, and author from Des Moines, Iowa.