{"id":6682,"date":"2010-09-21T06:49:20","date_gmt":"2010-09-21T13:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=6682"},"modified":"2016-06-16T14:21:11","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T21:21:11","slug":"zig-zaggy-top-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/zig-zaggy-top-done\/","title":{"rendered":"Zig Zaggy Top Done?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Zig<\/a>
Zig Zaggy Top Minus Border<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This project was, in some respects, all about the fabric and using a whole line of fabric. However, it became more about the piecing as I worked through the rows. It was a pleasant challenge to cut, press, sew, press, trim sew and press. I was able to use the bias to put the rows together so the colors would match. I think it looks nice.<\/p>\n

I kept the bias and the softness of the Moda Jelly Roll strips under control with Mary Ellen’s Best Press.<\/p>\n

You cannot see the edges because I had to take the picture at an angle. I even stood on my desk and wasn’t tall enough to snap the top straight on.<\/p>\n

I want you to see the edges, because I want your opinion on what I should do for the borders.<\/p>\n

First, I am only applying a border to two sides. The other two sides have a slightly angular edge and I want to keep that as a design element.<\/p>\n

Second, I am not much into chopping off edges, even if that is the piecing pattern. I prefer self bordering my quilts, which finishes out the design from the middle. This is a different kind of quilt, which makes me think self bordering isn’t possible here.<\/p>\n

Third, if self bordering is possible, I don’t know that I have the patience.<\/p>\n

Fourth, the spiky border, a la Gwen Marston, seems to too spiky for this piece.<\/p>\n

\"Zig<\/a>
Zig Zaggy Edges<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the second photo, you can see the two edges, where the color ends abruptly, that I will border. My first thought is to sew some strips of Kona Snow on them and then add soem color somehow. Fan like elements, perhaps?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This project was, in some respects, all about the fabric and using a whole line of fabric. However, it became more about the piecing as I worked through the rows. It was a pleasant challenge to cut, press, sew, press, trim sew and press. I was able to use the bias to put the rows … Continue reading “Zig Zaggy Top Done?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[390],"tags":[352,315,331,286],"class_list":["post-6682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-390","tag-construction","tag-fabric","tag-piecing","tag-zig-zaggy-quilt"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6682\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}