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I'm a fan of corner stones too so it doesn't matter on the first side if you sew them together first or seperate. It does matter on the other two sides because the border has to be attached to the corner stones.
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You can sew the borders together and add them that way but you will have to mitre the corners for it to look right.
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In the "Happy Endings" book by Mimi Dietrich her recommendation is to sew each border on one at a time for overlapping border and to sew the border together first if you are using mitered corners. I really learned a lot from her book - well written and clear.
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Originally Posted by w7sue
(Post 5113398)
I like to sew mine on one border at a time, unless doing a mitered corner.
Mitered corners scare the dickens out of me, but I did one recently that turned out great so I have more confidence for the next time. The border had three borders (solid, print, solid) and I loved the look with it mitered. I set it up, pressed it and looked at it for several days before I got the courage to sew it. In the end, it was much ado about nothing since it went together very easily. Isn't it great to actually learn and use something. peace |
I have done it both ways and both worked for me each time.
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I wouldn't sew them together first. You'd then have to miter the corners, yes?
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I have done it both ways, and both work. I really like sewing the borders together for a couple of reasons. First I do not get wavy borders when joining them first, and second, it is easier to mitre your corners if you sew them together first (JMHO).
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I think it would be fine but only if you miter the corners or use corner stones. Go for it
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I've found for me that sewing them together first is much easier because I don't have to handle the entire quilt top so many times as I continue to add sides. I posted a tutorial on her in the last year on my easy method for mitering corners. This method has made it so easy to miter that I miter borders on almost every project. Taks the fear out of mitering.
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I am in the process of doing a quilt with four two inch borders and one 6 inch border. I do them individually, mainly because I want to keep the lines straight. It seems to me that this is the easiest way to do it anyhow. I cut out all of my borders, sewing strips together if necessary, add a little fabric extra each time since the quilt edge is getting larger, iron the strips, hang them on a hanger and I am ready to go! My only problem was that the LQS ran out of the fabric I ran out of and I had to wait to get the last row on. I also am going to make it a little larger being that it is the back of the quilt and I always do the back and batting larger than the quilt top anyhow. Works for me!!!!! Edie
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