This is a faux braid that makes a great border – and an even better tablerunner! I call mine Bipartisan Committee for reasons you will see in a moment.
To make it, I started with four strips 2-1/2″ wide by the Width of Fabric (WOF.) I sewed them together pressed them all in one direction and measured them. As expected, they measured 8-1/2″ wide. I cut the strip into four squares 8-1/2″ x 8-1/2″.
Then I cut them in two different directions. I called one group of squares “the Republicans” and the other group “the Democrats”.
I made a row of Democrats….
Then I filled in the blanks with Republicans.
I centered a Republican on top of a Democrat (Oh! the horror!) and sewed. There were huge dog ears, but I didn’t cut them off.
Because I knew they would disappear when I added the next triangle.
I kept adding triangles until I ran out of triangles.
So I made another row, then sewed the two rows together…
(The picture below was done in class.)
Quilted it…
Bound it (closeup of the corners shown)…
And here it is!
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