Need to know what way is better when adding boarders. Do you join the pieces straight or bais cut? I just told that bais can distort you quilt by causing ripples.

I do thinner borders with a bias cut -- wider borders straight.

I make all of my borders straight.

i do straight

I like bias, however, after 6" it does start to distort and alot of fabric waste so then I do straight. I do either one or the other for the whole quilt. I'm too anal to have bias and straight in the same quilt.

I always do bias unless I am matching stripes. I don't do borders larger then 6" so I haven't gotten any distortion. Do remember to lock your stitches that will be on the outside of your quilt so they don't come apart during the quilting process.

Same here!

I do wide boarders straight and narrow on bias...has worked for me.

Straight, cut lengthwise along the selvage.

I always cut width of fabric. Even then there is an occassional stretching

Do all my borders straight. Seems to me any bias border would be too easy to stretch on the outer edge unless you are quilting right away or sewing another straight border on right away.

It depends on the print of the fabric.

What's the benefit of cutting borders on the bias?

This is what I do also...never had any problems.

bias or diagonal joining.....makes the border look more continuous. doing them straight makes the eye stop at that point.

I do mine straight.

i reread your original and you ask about joining not cutting on the bias. Joining on the straight causes the eye to stop at that point. Joining on a 45 degree cut looks better as the eye moves along the border. If it is a gtrue 45 degree there should be any waving or wobbling. And even if you didn't have enough fabric to cut on a tru 45 degree, any degree will do as long as it is true. I have joined at 60 degrees and other in order to keep the eye flowing along the border.

i reread your original and you ask about joining not cutting on the bias. Joining on the straight causes the eye to stop at that point. Joining on a 45 degree cut looks better as the eye moves along the border. If it is a gtrue 45 degree there should be any waving or wobbling. And even if you didn't have enough fabric to cut on a tru 45 degree, any degree will do as long as it is true. I have joined at 60 degrees and other in order to keep the eye flowing along the border.

If you want to add "boarders', make them an offer they can't refuse, but please, please, PLEASE don't cut them. Besides of being illegal, they bleed way too much.

Ah, duh! :oops: Thank you. I read every single post, and was somehow managing to consistently read border "cutting" instead of border joining. :roll:

I've so far joined most of my borders on the bias. I like how it guides the eye along and past the seam.

I almost always cut the border pieces themselves across the width of the fabric. I never have (or want to buy) enough fabric to cut them lengthwise. I've never had a problem so far doing it this way.

Are we talking about a mitered border here?

LOL!

I do my borders straight!

Ditto! Wouldn't consider bias.

I learned that bias makes the seam "disappear," and I always do it that way.

You are so right. I always cut width of fabric, don't like bias, it stretches too much, have to use the walking foot, do use it any way. It works so much better.

If you mean to join the strips together, I do that on a 45 degree cut.

Are you referring to borders or bindings? Borders are cut on straight of grain and bindings can be cut across width of fabric or on bias.

I generally join my borders with straight cuts. Never did a bias cut on them, not sure what the benefit would be if you measure right. I plan to cut my next one off the yardage lengthwise before I make the top. Wanna see how that feels different.

I cut them on the straight, but join them on an angle.

Holice caught the "Joining the PIECES in a border - - "

I also prefer to join them diagonally. I think it usually looks better and the seam seems to disappear - but if the fabric design says otherwise or if I'm limited - I'll do a straight join.

Sewing the pieces together on the diagonal makes for a less bulky seam. I recently did a baby quilt and ran out of material so I had to join with straight across seams. Didn't like it and had to do some manipulating of the seams when I hand stitched it down.

I do all of my borders straight or pieced.

If you are going to enter a quilt into a show for judging check on what the judges have said in the past. Usually the cut straight but joined on the diagonal gets more points. Or so I have been told.

ali

Yes, JOINING (not cutting) the border strips on the diagonal almost always looks better to me, although there some fabrics where a straight join looks better. I like the way the diagonal join causes less bulk, too.

Most of the time I join diagonial unless I am short on fabric then I will do straight since it takes less fabric. If I join straight then I try to match border seam with seam in the inside so it is less noticable.

I also do mine straight.

I cut them all on the straight only.

I usually do bias. I think it makes the binding stronger. I always double layer it, too,