Borders
Hi, I have started the chevron quilt from MSQC and I am just wondering about borders....do the borders have to be made with one continuous strip of fabric?? Or can I sew two or three strips together and center them along the sides and top and bottom?? My quilt will fit a double bed...
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Borders can be done any way you want to do them. If you're talking about a single fabric border, it can be a single piece of fabric, or it can be pieced to form the border.
And you can do pieced borders using different fabrics. |
Originally Posted by charsuewilson
(Post 5948594)
Borders can be done any way you want to do them. If you're talking about a single fabric border, it can be a single piece of fabric, or it can be pieced to form the border.
And you can do pieced borders using different fabrics. |
I always piece the border because I'm lousy at cutting super long strips.
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Originally Posted by Lisa_wanna_b_quilter
(Post 5948704)
I always piece the border because I'm lousy at cutting super long strips.
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I like to have one piece for the outer border. The leftover fabric is used in future quilts, either in making blocks or making narrow inner borders.
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I shoot for one piece if at all possible, but for bigger quilts I have pieced them together no problem. I think the only time it would be an issue is if you have a print where you have to line up stripes or something like that.
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Pieced for me . . . like everyone says ... cutting one long length of fabric ... a pain in the a$$ :)
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I have done borders both ways. Cutting a long border piece is a lot more work to cut straight.
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I think pretty much the whole point of cutting one full strip for the border is so that it can be done along the selvage/straight grain of the fabric which will stabilize the top and prevent 'wavy' edges, although there are other ways to accomplish this. If I don't have enough fabric to cut l-o-n-g strips to do this, I just piece them. Or make a pieced block border.
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