Originally Posted by
rebeljane
You have to measure the quilt through the centre both ways - length and width, cut your borders to that measurement, mark the quilt and the border in quarters and match these points and pin then either ease in the fullness of the quilt (if it is longer than the border) or ease in the border (if it is longer than the quilt) and pin, pin, pin and sew. Hope this makes sense.
This is what I do as well. Depending on how badly it looks and how much you like her - I might be tempted to do it myself. I do not usually do work for friends but recently I had the exact same problem. I used an old clothing trick to evenly ease in the fullness. Loosen your tension then stitch a running stitch just inside the outer edge (about 3/16") then gently tug on the bobbin thread and run your fingers up the stitch line gently to just tighten the stitches (not enough pressure to gather the fabric however). Works great for small amounts of fullness and bias edges. Also works on individual blocks.