Originally Posted by Kitsapquilter
I had made a king size quilt for my son and his wife and I procrastinated for about 5 years before I decided to try to get the border on it. I was so afraid it would be wavy.
I finally told a dear friend of mine. She happens to be a very experienced quilter/quilt instructor, has written quilting books and has many patterns out.
She said just measure the sides and cut the border to fit that measurement. Same with the ends. It worked like a charm. I didn't need to measure in 3 place and take an average. The quilt laid nice and flat.
This is good, but I usually measure through the centers. Then the sides don't have a chance to be larger! Also, too late for this quilt, but I always try to buy enough fabric to be able to cut the border the length of the fabric, not selvedge to selvedge. Lengthwise cut the fabric does not stretch as much as across the fabric. Kind of a headache to figure out out much fabric to get, but worth it I think. I also will cut the binding this direction as well. Eliminates a lot of seams in the binding! JMHO!