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Most of us learned a better way by doing something bass-ackwards at least once

If you're quilting on a frame--by machine or hand, and it starts waving on you after you quilt the center, you need to pin or baste the borders as you quilt the center.

thank you all for the tips. God bless. Penny

be sure both sides are the same length and both ends are the same length. If the wave is different on the sides, it sounds like they are not the same. You cannot measure the side to cut your borders. This is not an accurate measurement due to possible bias and stretch of the blocks.

Another tip is when you sew the borders on have the border fabric on top and the quilt on the bottom.

I measure from top to bottom across the middle of the quilt and cut the border that size, Then I find the middle of the border strip, pin it on the side in the middle of the quilt, then pin both ends. Carefully continue to pin the sides on. You may have to ease it in. Then measure for top and bottom borders by measureing thru the middle of the quilt again. This should prevent any ruffling on the sides.

I learned how to get perfect straight flat borders without measuring from the pro Hollis Turnbow. Use two strips of adding machine tape. Pin one end to the edge of the quilt in the middle and then cut to length, do the same with the sides through the middle. Mark the tape which is which and then cut the fabric the length of the tape. I rarely have the border match the quilt edge exactly but they always lay flat.

we learn from each other,thanks for all of the comments

Boy isn't that the truth.....The best lessons are after you have really messed up!!

I follow the rule where I measure the quilt top across the center and cut the border to that measurement. Then I fold the top and the border into quarters and pin one to the other on those points. Any size deviation can be distributed along the edge. I have yet to have a ruffle.