I will never miter corners again!
10-23-2011, 05:00 PM
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I am trying to make this cute "easy" table runner for fall, but these corners are a mess! I am almost in tears! I should have just put binding on it and forgotten the mitered border. Any pointers on mitering corners? :cry:
10-23-2011, 05:11 PM
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I can't offer any advice because I tend to stay away from them myself. No matter how carefully I do them, they seem to develop a wave in the border. I do the corners that are sewn straight across the bottom of the adjacent border or add cornerstones. Maybe someone else will come to your rescue. Good Luck!
10-23-2011, 05:17 PM
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http://tutorials.missouriquiltco.com/....watch "how to bind your quilt" under Introduction to Quilting. Once you do it a couple of times...you will be a pro. There are also several tutorials here on the qb that would be helpful. Just do a search for Binding or Mitered corners under tutorials. Don't give up!
10-23-2011, 05:22 PM
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I think it was Fons & Porter that had a very easy way to do them...don't give up! I am sure there is a tute out there.
The way they did it was to make the border longer than the edge,,,sew them on but leave 1/4" on each corner then fold the 2 border fabrics right sides together and sew from the corner to the angled point...too hard to describe, but it works. Don't give up!
The way they did it was to make the border longer than the edge,,,sew them on but leave 1/4" on each corner then fold the 2 border fabrics right sides together and sew from the corner to the angled point...too hard to describe, but it works. Don't give up!
10-23-2011, 05:51 PM
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I sat at the sewing machine with a Fons & Porter quilting book open on my lap when I did my first good mitered binding last winter. Now they are easy.
Mitered corners in the sashing may be a different problem. I've done one, but it was a print - now I have a piano key border that will have to mitered. Yikes!
Mitered corners in the sashing may be a different problem. I've done one, but it was a print - now I have a piano key border that will have to mitered. Yikes!
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