SewFun

When doing a solid color border, do you piece it or buy enough fabric to make the border in one piece?

QuiltE

Your choice!
There are no rules.

I've done both ..... usually dependent on what fabric I have.

Piecing the border is usually the most frugal way, as very often to go LOF, there is a lot of excess fabric to what you need for the borders .... or for the earlier piecing.

ArtsyOne

I've always pieced a lengthy border using a diagonal seam. It seems to disappear in the quilting and doesn't jump out at you.

GingerK

Yes to all of the above. Your choice. I know that a lot of patterns are now telling you to cut the borders first out of the length of the fabric, but that never works for me because I always seem to put my own spin on the pattern, which often changes the border size.

QuiltnNan

ideally, a singe piece. mostly, though, i piece them

Sewnoma

I do one LOF piece if I possibly can. Especially on solids - usually there's enough for at least 2 quilts worth of borders. And if not, there's usually at least enough left to get some LOF binding strips - I love loooong binding strips.

I'm a scrappy quilter though, so leftovers are always welcome.

Watson

If I'm thinking I may want to put it in a show, I'll buy enough fabric to do the border in one piece. Otherwise, I'll piece it. After it's quilted the seam really show.

Watson

MadQuilter

If I have enough to cut a single piece AND I remember to do so, I will use a continuous border. Otherwise I piece it straight across.

SusieQOH

I also do it both ways.

Boston1954

I have done both. Over the years I've gotten used to piecing and it does not bother me like it used to.