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  1. 03-09-2012, 03:16 PM #1
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    Triple Border

    I'm kind of stumped over constructing my borders for a quilt. I am putting a triple border on it. Since I didn't have enough fabric to cut the borders LOF, I had to cut them WOF which means it will take 2 - 3 WOF per side. I wanted to sew the three borders together and then attach to the quilt as one unit. But not sure how to handle the seams that will get me the lengths I need for each side. Do I sew each border fabric together first and then stitch the 3 borders together? Or should I stitch the 3 different border strips together and then join the lengths? Clear as mud, right? Any help appreciated.
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  2. 03-09-2012, 03:21 PM #2
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    Are you going to miter them at the corner? Otherwise your won't have a continuous border of each fabric. You will have a striped effect at the corners.

    That being said, if you still intend to do what I understand you to say I would sew the individual fabrics the the proper length and join them to the others. I would also stagger the seams so that you don't have them sort of matching but not quite.

    Clear as mud, right?
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  3. 05-05-2012, 12:10 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by MaryLane View Post
    Are you going to miter them at the corner? Otherwise your won't have a continuous border of each fabric. You will have a striped effect at the corners.

    That being said, if you still intend to do what I understand you to say I would sew the individual fabrics the the proper length and join them to the others. I would also stagger the seams so that you don't have them sort of matching but not quite.

    Clear as mud, right?

    In addiiton, when you join two like strips, do a bias join. The bias seam almost fools the eye to NOT seeing it.
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    It is easier to add one border to the quilt at a time, and also saves fabric. If you sew the 3 borders together first, you will need to miter the corners, and mitering takes a lot of extra fabric.
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    I agree, I do one border at a time to prevent the corners from looking funny.
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    I agree with MaryLane. Here's what it looks like when you sew the borders together before attaching them. It was okay on a child's quilt, but I would have taken them off and redone them on a more formal quilt.
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    Quote Originally Posted by faykilgore View Post
    I agree with MaryLane. Here's what it looks like when you sew the borders together before attaching them. It was okay on a child's quilt, but I would have taken them off and redone them on a more formal quilt.
    Sewing the borders together before attaching does not make a mitered corner out of the question. Just a matter of choice as to how you want to finish them
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  8. 03-09-2012, 03:37 PM #8
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    MaryLane,
    You understood me perfectly. I do plan on mitering the corners, I have enough fabric to do that. Thanks for all of the responses.
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    I did borders like you want to do them, I didn't want to miter them and just let them look like they looked. I did a QAYG and had spent so much time on it and was tired of it. I made it for someone else, they didn't know the difference. I had to replace my machine and didn't make enough money on it to buy another machine.
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