It is time for my month, and I am very excited. I have been "preparing to work on my Birdie Stitches for 5 months now : ). I wanted a different border than just the squares, and I had been drooling over the Sun Rays block at Twin Fibers for a while.
http://twinfibers.blogspot.com/2010/08/tutorial-sun-rays-quilt-block.html
Here are some things I had to keep in mind while preparing my block.
- This is a picture of the tape I put down on my cutting board, to use as guidelines.
- keep the strip between 1"- 3"
- the wider the strip, the longer it has to be to cover the 2.5" span
- Check the 45 degree angle often
- after adding three strips together, trim one side to help line up the border easier
- when drawing the line to create the mitered edge, use a 45 degree angle across the line of the center square to help guide you
- the border pieces should be 16-18" long
- use the squares at the ends of the border
