Originally Posted by
quiltlady1941
I did a search on how to add boarder and most said to measure in the middle of the quilt and cut to size..
could you just cut your boarders the width you want for the quilt and make the length longer then the quilt and sew it on and then cut off what is left over... do you think this would work? Thanks
It can be done - but the reasons many people use the measure first methods are:
1) One can end up with the two sides of the quilt being uneven lengths
2) One can end up with wavy/ruffled/fried bacon borders - which are a bother to quilt and
3) It's a lot harder to fold or display a quilt that has uneven and/or ruffly sides