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Sew the piping on sides 3 & 4, crossing over the piping on the first two sides. Sew your border on & press the seams away from the center; they will naturally fall that way. The piping is so narrow that it shouldn't cover the points.

Julia > I have a round robin center square that I want to turn on point for my

Thanks Julia! I think this would work just fine if the previous border didn't have triangles. (And some of these triangles don't have a full !/4" seam allowance at the edge.) It's a round robin and the previous person made a triangle border. I emailed Susan Cleveland and sent a picture of what I was trying to do. She agreed that, though it would look cute, it won't work. the points will be cut off. From Susan....."To add piping in a border. Add it to the block or quilt body by stitching directly over the piping stitching line. Pin border over piping. Sew upside down and stitch one thread closer to cording beside original stitching line. Keep in mind the cording will lay over whatever it's sewn to and will chop off points if triangles are involved." Rats. I was wanting to teach myself how to do her method, and I think I did....it just won't work on this place on this project.

I just barely follow what you're doing here - even got the part about 'sew upside down'. Naturally, in almost total ignorance, I'll throw in a suggestion. Could you put in a really skinny sashing to preserve the points and then add your piping? Don't toss any bricks at me or, Heaven forbid, any quilty hugs. Keep in mind that I'm a very old biddy and you have to be respectful of your elders. Polly

I think the fact that I'm trying to turn this block on point also complicates things. That apex where the piping, block and setting triangle come together would be bulky and difficult to manage a seam allowance for the next border to be added smoothly. For this project, adding a sashing before the piping and next border would be overkill. Instead of the piping, I could just do a skinny sashing/border in the fabric I was going to use for the piping. But I'd have to think about the mechanics of that too. I don't want to make this little challenge piece too big. Susan is coming to our guild within the next year.....I'll pick her brain again then. No bricks....and I always try to respect my elders. Except when I feel like hugging them.

But what happens if you just press the piping the other way, as you planned originally? You still have the piping crossing at the corners, no difference there. Might make a very thick seam, but it seems doable.

Another th>Thanks Julia! I think this would work just fine if the previous border

You're going to love Susan. If she's teaching a class for you, take it, no matter what it is. She is a lot of fun.

Julia in MN

I'm going to think on both these suggestions for a bit. Using the background fabric of the triangle border to make another narrow border might work. I'll have to see if there is any extra. Thanks for taking the time to think about it. I wasn't sure if I had presented the problem clearly enough.

I've been thinking about this, and I'm wondering .... What if you added the piping to the *new* border, rather than to the already-finished portion of the RR? If you add the piping to that piece, then stitch the piping/border combination to the center, will the piping lie the way you want it to?

I love adding corded piping to my quilts (I use Susan's method, too), and I think it's a great accent. Good luck!

I think that might have worked Sandy. That would make the piping lie against the new border instead of on my triangle points. Since this would be on a setting triangle, my concern would be what happens in where the two intersect. However, without trying it....I think it would work? I'll try it....sometime. For now, I have added a very small border of the background so I can help pull out the triangle points that were added in the previous border with some creative seaming. Then I can add my triangles to turn the block on point and float the center block if I want to. Who knows? Maybe I'll get it back and add another round of piping before the binding.

I'm sorry I was too late, but at least you've worked out a solution. :)

I should have you on my quick dial for quilting problems!

Being a natural smart aleck, my first thought was "is there such a thing as a young biddy?"

Off to the dictionary, and I come back with several interesting definitions. The first was how I knew the word: "a fussbudget, esp. a fussy old woman." Certainly not our Polly.

Definition two was "a female domestic servant, esp. a cleaning woman." Again, doesn't sound like our Polly.

Definition three was "a chicken or a newly hatched chick." I've never thought of Polly as chicken. :-)

So Polly, unless you're coming over to clean my house, I sincerely doubt you're a very old biddy. *grin*

'Old Biddy' was an affectionate term my little Mama used for a few hundred of her nearest and dearest friends. I never questioned it. One of hers that has to be explained is 'gaummy'. It defines something way worse than gummy, sort of like when you step in bubble gum on a hot parking lot - stringy, foul and nearly impossible to remove. Polly

LOL! I'm not sure that would work well, as it takes me so long to come up with suggestions.

Got my attention, because it sounds sort of German. Online dictionary (Emglish) defines "gaum" (verb) as "to stare vacantly or handle in a careless manner." The Urban Dictionary, "gaumy": "difficult to handle, hard to get a grip on, Maine lobsterman lingo. example: That fat lobsterman was some gaumy when we tried to carry him home naked" (Any of you have relatives in Maine?)

"Gaumen" (noun) in German = roof of the mouth or palate, also gums.

There's also a French photographer named Gaumy, but we can h>OK, where did ylM and my father overlap? Gaummy is a common descriptor

I'll let you know! ;-)

I live up Heah! But have never been around enough lobstah men to heah that one! ME-Judy

Polly.....one hot chick....it works!!!!!!

My gal pals and I call each other the " 'ol bags." We adore each other and range in age from early 40's to 84.

Dreamweaver- It's just one of the terms of endearment was call each other. ;-0