I just used a very directional fabric for the border of a quilt I'm currently working on. I cut the fabric lengthwise so I could have the images facing the same direction all the way around. This is a relatively small quilt (crib ?? size) and that plan worked perfectly. If you have a larger quilt and have to seam your borders I would suggest doing the same thing to give yourself as much leeway as possible to match the pattern within the fabric strips.