I always learn so much here so I was wondering if any of you had a simple way of doing mitered borders...I have looked at a few "how tos" from google but I'm still confused. I am not catching all of my seams in the finished border corner....any advice? Thanks so much in advance!!
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your borders need to be longer than each side. place a dot at the exact 1/4" spot on each corner of the border (wrong side.
start and stop sewing exactly on that dot- attach each side-- turn quilt diagonally- line up the two corners on top of each other, draw a diagonal line matching the folded edge of the quilt, stitch along that line= trim corner to leave a 1/4" seam== go to the tutorial page there are plenty of tutorials and pictures to help you along the way. also visit Fons and Porter's love of quilting- they just had a technique show and have a vidoe on mitered corners. it does not matter if it is a binding, a border or a frame- miters are done the same way. |
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There are several you tube videos as well, if you are someone who needs to "see" what to do.
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Originally Posted by Maride
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cool! I need this help too
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Hey, thanks for the link!
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Another tip is, if you have multiple borders, sew all your border fabrics together first before doing your mitre. That way you are doing one seam instead of multiples.
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