I hope you are still singing a happy tune, after a twisting tutorial last Tuesday…If you thought that was fun, wait until you give this a twirl…(okay, enough with the T’s…) This border and filler design looks much harder than it is…I promise!
Start by drawing your “rails”. These rails are one inch apart. Begin stitching on the bottom rail and stitch upward at a slight angle to the top rail. Stop. Stitch a few stitches along the top rail and to the left…Stop here…
Next, stitch back to the bottom rail–angling slightly…
Stitch to left, along the rail again…
Then repeat…
Here are the three steps…
You may choose to space the twists…this is a great border…
or bring the repeats close together creating a complicated looking Diamond Pattern Border.
The final variation for your consideration today: place a small twist in between each large twist…let’s call it the Bow Tie Border...(I’m making these names up as we go along–so if you have any better suggestions speak up!)
The Twist and The Twist Again make great borders, but will also fill odd spaces nicely….hmm…I’m thinking of a few more tutorials on how to use all of these patterns…
Please give these twists and turns a try before next Tuesday’s Tutorials on Tabletopper Tangles (just kidding…)
