Originally Posted by
BMP
The problem is that the boarder is stretched while seing them on if you arent careful, I still feel the best foolproof method is to measure and pin carefully, its much easier to take a few extra minutes and steps and only have to do once ...
I agree; if you do it this way you can ease it in if needed. I start pinning the border onto the quilt in the center and work my way out to each end. It is so easy to stretch fabric, even if it isn't on the bias if it's not pinned and you are just guiding it along. Also, cutting on the bias isn't needed unless you are doing curves. I normally never cut on the bias. The boarder and binding take a lot of abuse so if you can cut it on the straight of grain it will be more stable thru out the life of the quilt. I'm much rather take a few minutes to measure and pin than trying to fix a wavy border or even to deal with it.