Tired of your quilts all having the same straight edge finish? Want to have your consciousness raised so you know there are alternatives to a traditionally bound edge? Want to put some pizzazz on the edge of your quilt? Then this is the series of handouts for you!

After you've created a fair number of quilts, you might become a bit tired of finishing the edges with a simple, straight-edged binding. I know I sure was. It occured to me that there should be a compilation of edge finishes that offered alternatives to simple binding. So, I started my research and came up with 4 handouts that I now teach as separate classes on Alternative Finishes. The pdf handouts for these classes are below. My handouts tend to be pretty vebose, so don't have a heart attack at how long they are! The one drawback to having only the handouts is that you don't get to see the quilts I bring in to class as real-life examples.

I noted with some amusement that exactly after I had compiled my Alterntive Finishes series and started teaching the classes, at least 3 books came out on the market with exactly the same idea! It truly goes to show you that Great Minds Think Alike! [grin].

Alternative Finishes 1: Bound Edge, Knife Edge. Learn simple techniques to jazz up a traditionally bound edge quilt and four different techniques of knife edge finishes.

Alternative Finishes 2: Wrapped Edge, Scallops. Learn two variations for a wrapped edge, where the backing fabric is brought forward to show on the front, and two techniques for finishing scallops.

Alternative Finishes 3: Prairie Points (part 1). Individual, Strip pieced, Continuous pieced. Learn the traditional way to make prairie points and then two alternative ways to create a whole string of prairie points in one or two colors.

Alternative Finishes 4: Prairie Points (part 2). Piped, Reversible, Two-color. Learn how to make accented prairie points, prairie points for two-sided quilts and bi-color prairie points. Knowledge of information presented in part A is nice but not strictly necessary.