Originally Posted by
Silver Needle
However you do it, as a longarm quilter I want to encourage you to make sure your borders lie flat. We can't always ease in all that extra fabric in a ruffly border as we quilt your top. Sometimes it requires a tuck/pleat in the border, which is something we always hate to do.
Ditto what Silver Needle said! I follow BellaBoo on applying borders...I love that I have no math and when I'm done, its FLAT!