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Most of the border prints designed by Jinny Beyer contain mirror imaged
motifs so that portions of the border can be used in squares, octagons
and other shapes to add interest to patchwork designs. Furthermore, when
bordering a quilt, mirror imaged motifs in border prints make it possible
to have perfectly mitered corners with the fabric design matching at
the corners.
One of the two border prints in the Millennium I collection is
different (Illustration 1) It is a directional border. Because of
the nature of this fabric collection, Jinny felt this type of border
would add to the interest of the group. However, a directional
border which contains no mirror image motifs will not be able to
be used if the desire is to have mitered corners where the design
matches (Illustration 2).
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If the border goes in one direction only, it is impossible to miter the
corners as shown at left. Working with a mirror imaged border, the corner
can be mitered as shown at the right. To solve this problem, Jinny mirrored
the entire border. In other words when you look at the fabric, one border
stripe is going one direction and the next border stripe is the mirror
image of the first. This alternate mirroring of the stripe is continued
across the width of the fabric.
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