I remember Mz Sairey posting here. I didn't remember the narrow red border though!
Thanks! Dannielle
Used to be Mz Sairey was a frequent poster here. She had a quilt that
> she put a narrow red border on, then did her regular border. She was
> so tickled about the effect. I started doing the same on my pieces,
> also. Ever since then several of us have called it a Sairey strip. She
> always used red, but you could use any color, I s'pose ;)
>
> Ginger in CA
> where it will be raining soon!
>
> >
> > Mz Sairey strip? I'm interested in hearing about this. But you ar e
> > pushing the red and that is where I was thinking of going when I
> > started doing this whole thing. Hmmm, maybe my first instincts were
> > right and I just don't have the right shade of red next to it! I'm
> > off to play in the red pile!
>
> > Dannielle
>
> > >
> > > Do a Mz Sairey strip!
> > > Choose a red [usually I use a darker red that seems a bluish or
> > > blackish red] border, just need a narrow one. Never fails to set off
> > > the colors real nice, no matter what you used!
>
> > > Ginger in CA
>
> > > >
> > > > Ok, so I have 12 (3 x 4) beautiful log cabin blocks, sized 12 1/2"
> > > > unfinished. The blocks are rainbow colored. I started with a red
> > > > square in the middle, then added orange, yellow, green, blue and
> > > > purple on the dark side and only white on the light side. The co lors
> > > > are somewhat scrappy, only about 5 purples used, etc. They are l aid
> > > > out so that the rainbow goes toward the lower left corner of the
> > > > block. Easy peasy, right?
>
> > > > But now what do I do? I have a rainbow piano key assortment read y to
> > > > go for part of the border. I thought about doing a thin (thinkin g 1"
> > > > finished) border and then the piano keys. I thought about doing the
> > > > same set up with a black 1" inner border. I wasn't crazy about h ow
> > > > either one looked when I laid it on the board. Then I thought to
> > > > myself, "Self, you don't want those piano keys on the outside of th e
> > > > quilt without a border of some sort before the binding or you are
> > > > going to have TROUBLE!" I only need a total of up to 5" or 6" in
> > > > border width, and I'd shoot for 6" (because I like the whole evenly
> > > > divisible border size thingy).
>
> > > > So, what have you done? What are your experiences? Where are your
> > > > photos? I can easily take photos of this thing, but I don't know how
> > > > to load them into the computer..so if you want pics, you'll have to
> > > > wait until DH is around to help me!
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