Crafter's Edge has a new fabric die set, 1" and 1 1/2" strips, that make it even more fun to get creative with a sewing project. The possibilities are endless! Cut long strips or short strips...the choice is yours.
"It's A Block Party!" used the strips for a 1" border around the four square blocks and for a border around the inner quilt. The die cutter was also used to cut the strips for the outside border.
It's A Block Party!
It's so easy to cut the long strips by folding your fabric into 5-6 layers. Lay the fabric dies so that the ends overlap the fold on the fabric. Cover with the protective plastic layer and roll through the machine.
The cut 1 1/2" strips make it easy to add a nice and even 1" border.
You can even cut several sizes at a time.
You end up with perfectly cut strips...no zigs, zags or wonkiness.
Another way to cut perfect sized strips is to cut your fabric the width of the strip you'll need. This strip was five layers of 6" wide fabric. Lay the cutter across the width with the edges overhanging. Run through the cutter. You'll end up with perfect 1" x 6" or 1 1/2" x 6 strips.
Cutting them that way made it easy to border the four square blocks and make the 2 1/2" x 7 1/2" strip border!
You can even get 2 1/2" cutters that are perfect for cutting binding or borders, too!
The stripes make a sweet border for this and it was so easy to cut with the 2 1/2" die cutter!
You can find the pattern for "It's A Block Party!"
HERE.
