cinson7

Hi! I went to the library yesterday and check out a few quilting books Was looking through them to get new ideas for the baby quilt I am working on found one that has a different border than I am use to and want to try. They want me to miter the corner I know I should know what this is but can't remember so could someone please explain it to me sorry for the dumb question

PaperPrincess

Here's a good tutorial from this board:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/tutoria...rs-t21057.html

Boston1954

I have never mitered my corners. They have always been straight on. I bind opposite sides and one lands over the other. Have given many quilts away and have had no complaints so far. :-)

Jackie Spencer

I love mitered borders!!

Quossum

A mitered border looks like this:


Whereas the "blunt" border is like this:



(not my quilts, btw, though I've made plenty of both styles; I found these on the 'net)

The mitered border is a bit of a skill to achieve well, but not that hard. It's especially called for if the border has stripes or a pattern It's not totally necessary if the border is a solid color and/or so quilted that the seam is hard to see anyway. However, I miter almost all of my borders these days just because I think it creates a finer, more professional finish.

Good luck!
--Q

Jan in VA

I taught myself to miter borders over 25 years ago and still do most of my quilts this way. I personally prefer what I consider to be the more skilled/professional/"master category"/eye-appealing look of mitering borders.

Quossum

My quilting "bible"--the book I bought to teach myself to quilt--is *Quilting for People Who Still Don't Have Time to Quilt*. It instilled many many good habits in me, but one of the things she said was that we only have so many mitered borders within us, so use them wisely! That was liberating as a rank beginner because I was scared of mitered borders but now I love them deeply. I guess I have a *lot* of mitered borders within me!

--Q

Merivale

looks like it is back to the library for you. There are so many different ways to mitre a corner and it is best to try it the first time with pictures in front of you. You will get the hang of it quickly and it is a nice finish. But butted corners has its place right up there with mitrering.

Gannyrosie

Mitering is not problem, once you learn the trick, it's easy peasy. The one problem I had in the beginning was not allowing enough fabric to carry over to do the mitering. But it was a lesson learned and now I allow extra. I think cause Math was one of my strongest subjects and I had a lot of practice with angels when remolding my house, it kind of comes natural, but I still had to practice. . Take a large square and practice putting boarders and making a miter. The light bulb will go off and you're off and running. If the above tutorial doesn't help, there are many more.

cinson7

Thank you for all the help They are all good suggestions