Originally Posted by vegasgal47
So is it best not to cut the borders or sashing pieces out by the pattern measurements? I guess I shouldn't cut them until I measure the quilt size.
What do you mean by wavy pieces?
Thanks!
The borders help to keep the quilt squared up. If one side is longer than the opposite one, it will not have square corners. It is important to measure the quilt on the sides for the next border strip and through the center in the same direction and take an average of the three measurements. This will give you the length you need to cut for those two sides. Then mark the centers of the border pieces and the quilt sides with straight pins so they can be matched up before you sew. You can mark it in fourths as well.
Wavy borders are caused by either stretching the quilt to fit a longer border or by cutting the borders on the crossgrain and stretching the bias.