Here is my finished Sajou. I apologize to those who don't want their center on point. I seriously never gave it a thought until someone on Facebook mentioned it. My little quilts don't always hang on walls, so if you don't like your center on point you can easily use it on a side table or in the center of your dining table and you won't even know your center is a little sideways. There is a couple of different ways you can do this last border.
I considered paper piecing it, but wasn't quite sure I'd be able to give you the pattern and have it the same size as you need it. If you'd like to do this, measure YOUR quilt so far and use adding machine tape or paper 2 " wide x the width of your quilt, fold in half so you have a center line, then using your ruler draw equal triangles. (they are actually isosceles triangles- 2 sides the same , one longer side)
Then use this as a paper piece pattern. Do the same for the opposite sides adding a square at each end. Really, it isn't as difficult as this sounds. But I thought my directions would be muddy...... LOL
Or, you can do it another way...
Cut 5 dark squares and 6 light squares 4 1/2" then cut twice on the diagonal for a total of 20 dark triangles and 24 light triangles. Piece 4 borders as shown above and below.
Mark the center of your pieced border and the center of of your quilt so far. Line them up and attach the upper and lower border.
Trim even with your side borders.
Line up the center of your border and the center of your quilt, pin.
I used my hera marker to mark my center.
We still need to fix our corners. Lay it down across the border, fold it back and finger press DON'T CUT it yet! Add 1/4" to the length, then trim. Add a 2" square to each end.
Then sew your final 2 borders. Ta-da! Admire your little quilt
I machine quilted in the ditch for a few lines and hopefully you can click on this to see how I quilted the rest.
The center strip is from the Beauville factory in France.
We talked about label pens on the Facebook group. I used a pigma micron 5 but still think its too thin.
Here is the inspiration quilt. As far as I can tell it is/was owned by Penny McMorris.
I wanted to keep this year's quiltalong small, but you can continue to enlarge it if you want!
If my directions are not clear please let me know and I'll try to walk you through it.
Thank you all who sewed along! I loved seeing all the versions! I also look forward to seeing them complete. We'll have a linky party in a couple of weeks.
