I do all the measuring and pinning that everyone else does. And if, there are a lot of seams on the edge, I will run a staystitch around the edge to keep it from stretching or the edge of the seams from coming undone. When I sew, I place the pieced side down and put the long border on the top. Even though I have pinned like crazy, I still maintain a little bit of pull on the fabrics so that both the top and bottom feed equally. Until I figured out that I had to keep the fabrics in sync with the pull method, I thought about getting a Pfaff or a Bernina so I could have the even feed without using a walking foot. Now I don't need it.