Sounds like a good idea to me, I'll try it next quilt that I do. Thanks for the suggestion.
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I like to sew the borders together, then add them. I think it keeps the borders much straighter and flat. I also miter the corner. It makes finishing easier and looks lovely.
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If you are going to miter the corners, then go ahead and sew them together before adding them to the top. If you aren't mitering the corners, you may want to sew them on separately.
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I do them one at a time so that the borders are a frame. If you do them as one unit, you will have strips at the top and bottom and not frames.
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I think that whatever way works for you, and you're comfortable with, is the way you should do it. You guys had me so scared about "mitered corners" that I practiced on practice material several times before I did it on a real quilt. And, I might add, did them perfectly several times before I did them on a real quilt. Was still quaking when I did mitered corners on a real quilt. They still came out perfectly. That's not saying they're easy, but sometimes you scare us Newbies (to quilting) too much!
Putting two borders together before putting them on the quilt -- don't see the point -- not in my comfort zone. On the other hand, there is something to be said about getting outside one's comfort zone! Hmmmm. . . Cheers! |
I'd say sew the borders together first and treat them as 1 piece of fabric.
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Hhhhph. I never thought to sew them together first. I just figured like everything else one at a time. That was enough for me. Not brave enough to try sewing two together or mitering corners. It will come. hehe Teresa
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I agree with Scissor Queen, that sewing mitered corner borders together is fine. However, if they are regular borders, do it one at a time, because the outer border will secure the inner border with the alternating overlap edges.
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Originally Posted by sandrab64
(Post 5113006)
I have a large quilt top that I'm adding a 3" border to and then a 6" border. Do you add each border at a time to the large top or can you sew the 3" and 6" border together and then add that one 9" border to the large top?
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i just did this on a quilt i am working on , i sewed the boarders together first because i made a mitered corners and it was a lot easier to get the mitered corners even
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