The Math is Making Me Crazy! Help!
#12
Measuring is the way to go!
I measure 3 times, average it out, cut the borders to THAT measurement, apply the borders by pinning the center of border to center of top. Pin ends to ends. Ease the rest in - pinning as I go.
Sew. Press open.
Repeat steps.
If the description doesn't make sense....check out this youtube video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkQjYVAgUGo
As a longarm quilter, I can tell who's applied borders correctly and who just sewed on fabric and cut the ends off.
I can tell because the borders WAVE at me!
Nan
I measure 3 times, average it out, cut the borders to THAT measurement, apply the borders by pinning the center of border to center of top. Pin ends to ends. Ease the rest in - pinning as I go.
Sew. Press open.
Repeat steps.
If the description doesn't make sense....check out this youtube video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkQjYVAgUGo
As a longarm quilter, I can tell who's applied borders correctly and who just sewed on fabric and cut the ends off.
I can tell because the borders WAVE at me!
Nan
Last edited by quiltinghere; 04-06-2013 at 07:03 PM.
#17
I use Bonnie Hunter's suggestion of not using a measuring tape at all (measuring tapes can stretch).
I fold my quilt in half. Along the folded edge, I lay my 2 pieces of pressed border fabric for that side with one clean cut edge against one end of the quilt. Then I smooth out the fabric all the way to the other edge and cut even with the other edge - be careful not to stretch. If the quilt is larger than the surface I am doing this on, I will pin every so often so it doesn't shift. Then fold both the top and the border pieces to mark the quarter points, pin, matching the quarter points and sew. I pin every 6-8" or so (my preference). Press the seam and fold the quilt in the other direction and repeat. It's much easier than trying to calculate measurements and comes out perfect every time. I have made many quilts this way and never have wavy borders to deal with.
Here is a link to her border hints:
http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2005/...der-hints.html
I fold my quilt in half. Along the folded edge, I lay my 2 pieces of pressed border fabric for that side with one clean cut edge against one end of the quilt. Then I smooth out the fabric all the way to the other edge and cut even with the other edge - be careful not to stretch. If the quilt is larger than the surface I am doing this on, I will pin every so often so it doesn't shift. Then fold both the top and the border pieces to mark the quarter points, pin, matching the quarter points and sew. I pin every 6-8" or so (my preference). Press the seam and fold the quilt in the other direction and repeat. It's much easier than trying to calculate measurements and comes out perfect every time. I have made many quilts this way and never have wavy borders to deal with.
Here is a link to her border hints:
http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2005/...der-hints.html
#18
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I will say, I usually miter my borders, so I always have 5-10ins on each side left over for the mitering. But I do measure from the center out, and pin from the center out. Have cut it close a few times, and a couple times even cut it less than close that is how I ended up with scalloped borders, lol it can hide the "opps" in not cutting long enough for the miters
#19
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I always start pinning in the center; then the ends; then taking those half sections and just keep halving those sections to ease/stretch as necessary. By continually halving those unpinned sections, you are evenly distributing any ease or stretch through the entire length (or width) of your quilt.
#20
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This is the way I was taught. IF you cut even an inch extra for 'wiggle room' you may get a wavy border. Cut the border exactly to the average of the 3 measurements and ease if you have to.
Measuring is the way to go!
I measure 3 times, average it out, cut the borders to THAT measurement, apply the borders by pinning the center of border to center of top. Pin ends to ends. Ease the rest in - pinning as I go.
Sew. Press open.
Repeat steps.
If the description doesn't make sense....check out this youtube video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkQjYVAgUGo
As a longarm quilter, I can tell who's applied borders correctly and who just sewed on fabric and cut the ends off.
I can tell because the borders WAVE at me!
Nan
I measure 3 times, average it out, cut the borders to THAT measurement, apply the borders by pinning the center of border to center of top. Pin ends to ends. Ease the rest in - pinning as I go.
Sew. Press open.
Repeat steps.
If the description doesn't make sense....check out this youtube video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkQjYVAgUGo
As a longarm quilter, I can tell who's applied borders correctly and who just sewed on fabric and cut the ends off.
I can tell because the borders WAVE at me!
Nan
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