Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
Originally Posted by katier825
Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
One of the worst ones I've ever heard is to sew the border on with the border next to the feed dogs. That's almost a guarantee for wavy borders.
you mean keep the border fabric ON TOP of the quilt when sewing it on?
Yup. Unless you're using a walking foot or even feed foot the feed dogs will slightly ease in the bottom fabric. "Bag the bottom" and "bias on the bottom" are old sewing sayings for a reason.
I always put my borders on the top, but never knew I was supposed to! THanks for sharing that!
Whichever piece is the fullest is what should be on bottom. Meaning that if you have to ease a piece into another, keep the piece to be eased on the bottom, whichever one it may be. :) By the way, cutting the borders lengthwise reduces the amount of stretch. I never have wavy borders anymore since I started doing this.
Interesting...I do cut my borders lengthwise when possible, even if it means still piecing them together!
I do the lengthwise thing too--for borders and binding. I try to figure the fabric requirements out so I can cut the necessary pieces for the rest of the quilt after cutting the borders and binding. So far I've been lucky and it's all worked out pretty close to even! But I don[t mind leftovers as I intend to do some scrappy stash quilts in the future.