scallop border help

I'll have to wait until I see the picture Marissa, as I can't think what you mean by a truncated pyramid (as a pyramid is 3-dimensional?) I'll help, then, if I can. (I had a look just now, but only the plates were there) . In message , DrQuilter writes

My mind wouldn't go to what a truncated pyramid was either, Pat. I even went to Webster to see if what I thought 'truncated' was resembled the real definition. I didn't expect to be any help, just won't hurt me to learn something so I'll be watching the follow-up from Marissa and the solution. Polly

Ah-ha!! (we were each in our own dimension!) Thanks for the picture - all is now clear.

I think the neatest solution would be to make a somewhat chubby segment of a circle - pointed base (instead of the flattened plate pieces) and an angle to fit between the two straight pieces that you end up with. I can see that it is not a right angle, so you will need to accurately measure that angle and make a pattern shape, add the seam allowance and use it as a template. In a decorative border like that, or a pieced border, the corners are very often slightly different from the side runs. So the fact that the corners are differently shaped will not look odd.

If you only have plate pieces to work with, you could sew two together and put the template on the pair, to get the 'chubby' piece; or, if you have no plate pieces left, you could use your muslin.

By the way, I know you didn't ask, but when you do get to the point of finishing the quilt, you might like to consider a 'facing', rather than a binding. With scallops that small, it might be a good idea. Or, of course, you could appliqué the scallops to a plain muslin border to leave you with a straight edge for binding. . In message , DrQuilter writes

Looking at your photo (pretty quilt!), I would get rid of the 2 inverted pyramids and make a quarter plate for each corner. Applique in place; it will cover some of the muslin. Could be color-coordinated like the other plates, or it could be scrappy like the rest of the border. If you can't find any period fabrics to use, you might consider leaving the top end of the quilt borderless, if it's long enough otherwise. Lots of quilts with scallop borders were done this way so the pillow end would have a straight edge. Roberta in D

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Ah! Nice photo and nice quilt. For the corner, you need a piece shaped like a fat ice cream cone. You could make them out of the muslin and it would be perfect.

Monique in TX

LOL -- I looked at this picture at least three times before I saw the tan truncated "triangle" piece on the left -- on my monitor it is almost exactly the same color as the wood flooring!!! BTW -- the shape is a trapezium which is a figure with four sides and none of them are parallel. Anyway, why couldn't you cut a piece for the corners with the top the same shape as the Dresden plate pieces and the bottom pointed? Make it whatever size it needs to be to fit into the corner and be careful sewing it in -- looks like it would be an absolute b**ch to sew in! Depending on how large the piece would be, you could do as someone else suggested and piece it as if it is a Dresden Plate only with smaller pieces. CiaoMeow >^;;^<

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If you have a copy of Ruby McKim's 101 patchwork patterns there is a pattern/drawing of this type of border. The book should be at your library and it is pretty available (dover reprint) on ebay or half.com. It is one of my favorite books. She uses 3 of the petal/cone shape border pieces to fill the corner. Looks good to me and probably about as original as you can get. HTH, Taria

Yes, I would also take out the two end pieces you have flipped and start your new infill section from there. Somehow these two pieces jump out and say 'we are upsidedown'!

If you did Roberta's idea of just hav>Looking at your photo (pretty quilt!), I would get rid of the 2 inverted

Howdy!

A piece of that solid color (purple, green, pink) connects to that Dresden plate petal to match the other side, square them off/make a nice straight edge there so you can insert the corner piece. Then a yellow fat ice cream cone for that corner would finish it and make it coordinate back to those yellow centers in the full plates. Doesn't matter if the yellow matches what's already there; it's such a scrappy border that being a little "off" on the color would work just fine. Marissa, you've come this far in making this old top "authentic", you can do this simple bit of border.

Good luck!

Ragmop/Sandy