-
July 8th, 2014, 09:31 AM
#1
Senior Member
Block Queen
stumped on the braid quilt
I cut my jelly rolls with the binding tool and lined it up like Jenny did in the tutorial and I am stumped now........for some reason I am totally directional challenged. I couldn't even do the Playskool puzzles for toddlers when my kids were little.....embarrassing !!! Can someone help me figure out if I start at the bottom or what? I wish I could explain it more but I can't figure out if I sew the sides of the strip or the
bottom.........>>????????
-
July 8th, 2014, 09:37 AM
#2
Senior Member
Missouri Star
Re: stumped on the braid quilt
See if watching Jenny make a table runner will help you: Scrap Buster! Make Easy Table Runner Using the Binding Tool! - YouTube
I have not done this yet.
-
July 8th, 2014, 10:01 AM
#3
Senior Member
Binding Belle
Re: stumped on the braid quilt
I made one of these a couple of years ago, although I never got it quilted. They are a bit challenging to put together. I have done a little diagram but not sure it will be of any help. There is a book I found very good called Jelly Roll Quilts by Pam and Nicky Lintott.

Hope it helps a bit.
Newbies will eventually become oldies

-
July 8th, 2014, 10:19 AM
#4
Senior Member
Missouri Star
Re: stumped on the braid quilt
I think you have to cut equal number of right and left facing pieces, did you do that?
-
July 8th, 2014, 11:39 AM
#5
Senior Member
Missouri Star
Re: stumped on the braid quilt
The scrap buster table runner has a square sewed to some of the strip ends to help make everything line up. I don't beleive the braid quilt does. I'm with Jean, you need right and left side pieces.
I'd watch Jenny's tutorial again, picking up the same 'side' piece she is, lay it down etc... Pause the video to often to check. Seriously. Sometimes you need to go really simple to get what you want correct.
I would also advise that once you have the layout done, take pictures. Lots. So you can refer to them when you sew the pieces together. I do that for all my projects.
-
July 8th, 2014, 02:57 PM
#6
Senior Member
Missouri Star
Re: stumped on the braid quilt
-
July 8th, 2014, 03:25 PM
#7
Senior Member
Missouri Star
Re: stumped on the braid quilt
This is one of the easiest patterns I've ever done. Try it this way and you'll love it, though it only uses three fat quarters instead of lots of scraps or a jelly roll: Free Table Topper Quilt Pattern
Last edited by cyndiofthevortex; July 8th, 2014 at 03:39 PM.
Cyndi
“Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.” - Victor Hugo
-
Post Thanks / Like - 1 Thanks
klgls thanked for this post
-
July 8th, 2014, 04:03 PM
#8
Senior Member
Missouri Star
-
July 8th, 2014, 05:55 PM
#9
Senior Member
Missouri Star
Re: stumped on the braid quilt
I used the book Jenny held up at the beginning of her tutorial and found putting it together was very easy. Here's one I made for a niece (sorry it's a bit blurry). Lilyjo's diagram is spot on.
-
July 10th, 2014, 10:55 AM
#10
Senior Member
Block Queen
Re: stumped on the braid quilt
hi neighbor, I got my handle years ago when I was going through that "time of life" so glad it's over............I took a quilting course at a quilt shop in downtown Aiken and did what you did, put it down for a few years. When I decided to get into it again the quilt shop had closed !!! So now I've been buying my fabric online..........this board really helps me with questions and techniques. So glad I found it.