Originally Posted by
ptquilts
I was taught (somewhere, can't remember) to measure the border fabric down the middle of the quilt. Eliminates waviness. If you have to do any tucking, it will be the quilt top and not the border. I would never just sew fabric to the edge of the top without measuring, that is asking for trouble.
I do something similar. I don’t measure with a ruler. I spread out the quilt and lay the two strips for the border over the middle smoothing It all out as much as possible and cut. So far it has worked out well for me.