Thought I would try this but decided that it will not be what I wanted since one side of borders would cross other. Might work if I add cornerstones to borders. Have not decided yet.
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Thought I would try this but decided that it will not be what I wanted since one side of borders would cross other. Might work if I add cornerstones to borders. Have not decided yet.
I never thought about adding the borders together before adding them to the quilt. Sounds interesting. Seems like the only way to do it if you have more than one border and you want to miter them, right? I've only mitered one border on a quilt, not two, so I never thought about this.
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I sew my borders together first and then remeasure and attach them to the quilt. I find that if I sew on one border and then another to that one and so on, my borders seem to grow. Making the strata with all the borders sewn together, ironing and measuring to get the same lengths help me to keep the waves out of my borders. I am sure everyone has their favorite method that works for them. As for piecing the borders, I would tend to stagger the seams unless you can work the seams into a design feature. Sometimes if I don't have enough length to go the whole length of my quilt, I place an extra block in the border. This solves the seam issue and continues the design out to the edge of the quilt which I some times like better.
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