Border print fabrics

Can't tell without seeing it! But if the border stripes are really right next to each other with nothing you are willing to sacrifice as seam allowance, you probably need to buy twice as much so you can cut the strips you want. How fussy do you want to be? Of course, I'd be willing to take the leftovers if you need room in your stash ;-) Roberta in D

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Marilyn, I've read your question twice - both before and after coffee, and can't seem to picture your fabric. What are the chances that you could show it to us online? I don't pretend to have seen everything but I don't remember seeing a fabric with a border running WOF. That's a rare one. Polly

Polly, She says the border goes vertical across the width of the fabric. I understand that to mean that if you hold the fabric with a selvedge in each hand, the border will be vertical (or running the length of the fabric). Sounds like the normal way for a border/large stripe to me.

Marilyn, do you mean there are 6 repeats of the border across the WOF or that the WOF is enough to cut 6 borders of the width you want? Usually, you want all borders to be the same. However, I did a stack'n'whack once where I didn't have enough to do 4 borders alike, so did two of one part of the stripe and two of another. Photo is at However you do it, you may have to sacrifice some of the design for seam allowance.

Julia in MN

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Polly Esther wrote:

Thank you, Julia. I just couldn't quite get there. Polly

Here is a link to one of them which seems pretty simply to decide what to do.

The other one is an example as the lines aren't really straight in this picture but they are straight on the fabric on the bolt.

I'm opening a shop and someone asked me this question when I showed them the leaf fabric. I told them what I thought they had to do but wanted a second opinion or a backup to indicate that my thoughts were on the money. Marilyn

Julia: Your quilt is delightful! I ALWAYS enjoy asymmetrical borders. PAT

Polly: You are not alone ... I read this as border running perpendicular to selvedges. I haven't even had coffee, so that is my excuse. Marilyn probably means 6 strips running parallel to selvedges. In any case, it is a rare 'border print' (or even some 'squares print') that will allow cutting without ruining the neighboring strip.

PAT in VA/USA

I even tried it backwards and I couldn't make my brain see what she is try to tell us. Good thing we have Julia in Mn to figure it out!

Sorry for the confusion. I guess I hadn't had my cup of coffee this morning.

Here is a link to one of them which seems pretty simply to decide what to do.

The other one is an example as the lines aren't really straight in this picture but they are straight on the fabric on the bolt.

Someone asked me this question when I showed them the leaf fabric. I told them what I thought they had to do but wanted a second opinion or a backup to indicate that my thoughts were on the money.

Thanks Janelle. That helped with the bigger border pieces quite a bit. I figured someone would come up with an easier way than I did and she has. So thanks for the link to help out.

Marilyn