Scallop Border

you fold the cut side over to the uncut side, pin to secure & align, and cut the other side using the scallops as a template

So I worked on this today at Thimble Town.  Dyanne helped me measure and trace the scallops with a plate. They sell this fancy scallop ruler marker thingy but it costs $25!! The plate was free. Oddly enough I chose the plate.

 

going to add a green binding now!

I have been working on this project for a few years now. It was machine quilted by Linda Matthews right after Christmas, which kinda bummed me out because, well, the whole season for such a quilt was all over! = ( So, it has been bagged up and looming over my head because I knew it just had to have a scalloped border but I had no idea how to go about doing it on such a large scale. So, today it all came together. It’s amazing how much you can accomplish when you are mentally ready and have the time. Each time I got one step done, which was a huge achievement in and of itself, I found myself thinking, What the hell? Might as well move on to the next step since Dyanne can help me. So we traced the scallops. Well, she did. I watched. Then I cut them out. Then I cut bias strips for binding. Sewed those together, all 400 inches! Then I ironed that loooong strip in half, and then (drum roll) sewed that binding on over everly little bump and crevice, up and down, up and down…and then, suddenly I was ALL DONE. It’s done, yo. Well, I still gotta hand sew the binding to the backside & add a label but that is something I can do laying in bed, covered in my bee-U-tee-ful Christmas quilt! la la laaaa