I just found these two last night from Lynne Edwards, one of my quilting heroes. The first is for making pieced borders fit perfectly. She's so laid back! She makes a strip of pieced border and then works backwards adding one or more plain borders to make it fit. Have a look at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNT5fiXXlcA
The second is one I already do and have for a long time now. I try never to cut width of fabric if I can possibly avoid it. I cut the length which is so much more stable. Check it out at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeTWw...eature=related
I'm sure enjoying all the posts. I remember my Mom heating irons on the woodstove when I was kid. No, I'm not really the Ancient of Days. Electricity didn't come to our area until 1957 or thereabouts. My school had an outhouse and so did everybody else. I got a look at a flush toilet for the first time in around 1959 when we went to visit someone in the 'city', population 2,500. LOL