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| Braid laid first against one of it's fabrics, next with borders of colors either from braid or from background print. |
Here is a "Friendship Braid" cut from 2.5 inch strips with 45 degree angle cut. The long side of each piece measured six inches. This braid needs at least three colors to show well. I was able to get eight opposing pieces from each WOF (width of fabric) strip.
The "how to" can be Google'd. I used more than one tutorial to get this going. It is not as difficult as it looks, but it took me a few runs to understand the right pointing and left pointing pieces and how they fit. Once that was mastered, it went together very quickly.
Jenny Doan does a version of this using a ruler from her company, [begin watching from the 1:00 minute mark for how to orient your cut pieces for sewing]but I used a binding tool that had a 45 degree angled edge. The main thing seems to be the cut at a 45 degree angle.
I'll be using this one for a diaper pad, but it would make a lovely bag or table runner, if not wanting to commit to a full quilt.
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