After completing a top with 5 borders (4 at 1 inch each plus on at 4 inches) I was ready to shoot myself, well actually that happened around strip 13... Someone suggested a mitered border might have been easier to do, and I am keeping that in mind for the next time I approach a quilt with lots of borders. Sorry I don't have any advice about measuring for that though. The quilt is here and in later posts - I'm finally applying the binding to it.
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Cheers, K