Let's Talk about Borders!
 

This was my original post. "Another empty post for me. Can anyone see what the discussion is about?" After hitting "Post Quick Reply" there was nothing there. I am in edit mode now. What's going on?

And when I tried to copy and reply to IceBlossom, the board said what I was trying to save was a duplicate of a post I had already posted, but it wasn't. It looks like it is the "Post Quick Reply" instruction that is confused.

Board is being wonky. Make your post and copy it. Then hit Post Quick Reply. Next, edit the post and paste in the copied stuff.

Good luck, I'm sure this will be a good discussion!

Edit 2:

I love borders, I feel they are important. I will do edge-to-edge quilts on occasion, but my first quilt book was the Ruby McKim book (from the Kansas City Star patterns) and she had this line about borders something like -- if you have a bull in a pasture, do you want the fence stronger than the bull or the other way around?

One of the things I really like to do is bring my design into the border typically using partial blocks. I used to think that a 6" border was "strong enough" for a bed sized quilt but have moved that up to 8" or more.

I will often put big wide plain borders on to have a canvas for some inspiring quilting.

Like these:
https://www.quiltingboard.com/pictures-f5/agave-garden-big-reveal-t270708.html

https://www.quiltingboard.com/pictur...g-t275921.html

https://www.quiltingboard.com/pictur...k-t178249.html

But I also like pieced borders.

Let's Talk about Borders!
 

I've been watching Youtube videos on doing a border so that you don't have any waves. Several are similar with taking measurements but a couple, like Donna Jordan do not measure at all.
Since I've had trouble with wavy borders I was wondering how you do yours.
Thanks!

Oops, you were talking how to attach borders. I used to do the measure the middle of the quilt and cut my border measurement to that. Then I realized why measure? So I lay my quilt out and lay my border fabric, already cut to the width I want and pieced if needed, over it in the middle (not along the edge). Line up one edge of the border with edge of my quilt then smooth it out and mark the border fabric for cutting even with the opposite edge of the quilt top. I then cut two borders to that size (Usually I do sides first). Attach them to the quilt and do the same for top and bottom.

If I have cornerstones, I measure. If it is pieced I also measure and figure out the piecing that needs to be done to come up to that measurement.

Great idea, Feline! Just lay the border fabric on the middle of the quilt and cut to size! Why do I always miss the obvious?!
Thanks, Feline!

I measure and go with the smallest measurement. Also, I use the lengthwise grain of the fabric if possible.

My other question that I forgot to post is: Length or width? Everyone seems to do it differently.