piecing border strips
 

Do you sew them on the diagonal, like binding strips, or do you use a straight seam? I've got a solid color border, and the seam will show.

I've done them both ways. I tend to like the diagonal better but wouldn't hesitate to use straight if it worked out to look good or better.

I have done both also. depends on how much fabric i have and maybe the quilt too. if i do straight seams, i try to line the seam up with one in the quilt itself.

I tend to use diagonal for some reason. I don't see a problem using either. I guess it is what you are used to.

I prefer the diagonal, less bulk when you fold over.....have done straight when I was running short of fabric, but it does give you more bulk at that point.

I usuall do mine straight and have not had a problem

I also do both. Usually, it depends on what the fabric is.

My thoughts exactly, but I do lean towards diagonal piecing.

i've done it both ways, but have not had to piece very often. the quilting will help hide the seam either way.

I prefer the diagonal seam. Your eye tends to flow over it instead of being stopped by a solid line. And when you quilt it you'll have to look hard to find the diagonal seam later, it practically disappears.

I let the material tell me. My personal preference is diagonal seaming, but some prints look better with straight seams.

The answer could also depend on the quilting design you're going to use.

I usually do diagonal on solid-color fabrics and straight on prints where the seam is less noticeable. When I do the diagonal, I make sure that I have all of the diagonals pointing in the same direction all the way around the quilt.

I always did the diagonal until I made the Lover;s Knot quilt by Eleanor Burns. She said in her book to do the straight seam, so sometimes I join the borders like that and press the seams open. Since I do FMQ on my quilts I'm sure they will last as long as the quilt.

I depends. I do both. It often depends on how much fabric I have for the outer border. I like to make 8-10" borders which takes a lot of fabric to do the diagonal. If I have the fabric then I will do diagioal but if not then I do staight. My eperience has been that it really does not make much diffrence. For inner borders that are smaller then I do diagonal piecing.