Originally Posted by
Barb in Louisiana
Both ways work. It comes down to a personal preference. I will precut my long strips for the borders before I start cutting any material for blocks so that I don't have seams, if I can. But if I have to, because I am sewing from a kit, then I don't sweat the small stuff, and just have seams in the borders. I don't know about anyone else, but I do try not to have the seams in the center of the border. I try to offset them and stagger them around the quilt.
I agree with Barb. If I am doing a queen, I cut the borders from the length of fabric first. But you have to be careful not to stretch the fabric and I carefully measure and pin it to the quilt.