Originally Posted by MTS
Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
For every mitered seam you'll lose a square equal to the width of the borders. If they're 8 inches wide for each seam you need an extra 8 inches.
Huh? :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
If the border is cut 8" wide and the quilt center is X inches long, wouldn't I need an additional 16" in length? So the border would be cut x+16, right?
If you're doing two mitered corner seams you'll need 16 inches extra on an 8 inch wide border. If you're cutting cross grain strips and seaming them together in the middle then you'll need another 8 inches for each one of those seams too.