Prairie Points Tutorial

Thank you all for the birthday wishes. I really appreciate everyone coming by and wishing me a Happy Birthday.  You all are so kind. Now let's get to the Prairie Points tutorial.Here is one of the first quilting books I ever bought as a new quilter. I highly recommend this book especially for brand new quilters.
In the book on the section for making prairie points is this formula you can use to determine the size of the prairie points you want to make.

Here I have cut a 4 1/2" square. There are two ways to fold the points.  This first method allows one prairie point to nest inside its neighbor, making it easy to adjust the distribution of the points to match the length of the borders.
The second folding method creates the same size prairie point, but the fold that shows along the center of the triangle provides a decorative addition to the edging.  Triangles can be overlapped to adjust their overall length along the edge of the quilt.
To do the two color point is a little different.  I saw this done on a Georgia Bonesteel's  lap quilting show on PBS so I don't know the true math formula.  It is similar to above but you will have to decide how big you want the point and make some practice ones first.
As an example I want to make a 2" tall prairie point which uses the formula I gave you above.  This strip has a 2 1/2" wide red strip sewn to a 3" wide blue strip.  Then I cross cut it 4 1/2" wide.  You need to decide which side of the fabric is going to be the tiny edging and that will determine which side will be the wider strip.  Here I have decided to show the blue so this strip is wider. (3")  Iron the seam to the narrower strip.  This way the blue will be able to lay down flatter.
Now fold the fabric in half and you will leave a little narrow strip of the blue fabric above the seam allowance.
Finger press to find the center.
Then fold to the center line and press.
Then take your ruler and trim the excess and you have a 2 1/4" unfinished prairie point.  So when you sew it your quilt edge it will be finished at 2".
Here are some other examples of how you can fold them with wider strips and reverse the colors.  Have fun with them.  

Check out these sites for more information on prairie points: Kristen La Flamme ,Rayela's ,  Quilt Town, USA 

Annie's Crazy World.

Check out Betweens quilt with the prairie points.  Beautiful!

With Passion, Carrie P.

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