I usually don't miter, but some border fabrics just call to be mitered. Once you get the technique down it's not difficult.

Here is the best, simplest explanation I've seen for how to do mitered corners. I love it. :-)

https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B4q...ut=list&num=50

I've mitered everything for so long I don't remember how to put on a border without mitering. Guess I might have to look that up!

Can you imagine a picture frame not having mitered corners? A border frames the quilt. I fold and glue my miters then sew the seam. If I have more then one border I sew all the borders together and then miter them all at one time.

I do this and I have found a way to make the front look like it has been mitered.

Remember, a quilt does not have to have mitered corners to be beautiful.

I miter IF I'm using a striped fabric. Occasionally otherwise, like if the quilt has a strong diagonal thing going on. If everyone always mitered, corner stones wouldn't exist. That would be a bad thing. I like squareness most of the time. The quilt will tell you how to go. And if you try mitering with striped fabric - you will find that it really isn't that hard to do.

My borders, I do not. My binding I do (I turn over the backing as my binding.).

I don't know how to attach binding without mitering, could someone please post a photo of an unmitered binding? I can't seem to picture it in my mind. Thank-you.

T.

Borders and binding are two different things. I rarely miter borders and always miter bindings.