Originally Posted by GingerK

And I take a slightly different, more mathematical approach. I figure out how long the border should be if I have sewn everything with perfect seams. (for example: six 12 inch blocks +five 2 inch sashing equals [72+10] 82 inches--plus 1/2 inch for seam allowances). I then measure the center of the quilt. If the two amounts are very similar, I then cut the border, quarter border and quilt, pin and sew.

IF I have a problem like with my DHG with lots of bias edges, I will take the figured out size and mark where each block and each sashing should be and then ease the extra fullness as I go. Again, for my bias edged DHG, I actually halved the length of each block as well and pinned pinned pinned!! I was thrilled when this method worked and let me ease in so much extra fabric very evenly.