Thread: Boarders cut

Need to know what way is better when adding boarders. Do you join the pieces straight or bais cut? I just told that bais can distort you quilt by causing ripples.

I do thinner borders with a bias cut -- wider borders straight.

I make all of my borders straight.

i do straight

I like bias, however, after 6" it does start to distort and alot of fabric waste so then I do straight. I do either one or the other for the whole quilt. I'm too anal to have bias and straight in the same quilt.

I always do bias unless I am matching stripes. I don't do borders larger then 6" so I haven't gotten any distortion. Do remember to lock your stitches that will be on the outside of your quilt so they don't come apart during the quilting process.

Originally Posted by Farm Quilter

I always do bias unless I am matching stripes. I don't do borders larger then 6" so I haven't gotten any distortion. Do remember to lock your stitches that will be on the outside of your quilt so they don't come apart during the quilting process.

Same here!

I do wide boarders straight and narrow on bias...has worked for me.

Straight, cut lengthwise along the selvage.

I always cut width of fabric. Even then there is an occassional stretching