terlyn

I am cutting my borders on the width of my fabric which means i will be piecing the border. Should I join the border with a straight seam or on an angle?
Thanks, Terry

cjsews

I piece mine straight but I have seen it done on am angle too. I think this is a personal preference thing. Also may depend on the fabric and how it would look in the end.

AliKat

I usually use t he diagonal to hide the seam more ... but, I let the quilt tell me what to do.

kathy

I fell like a diagonal seam is less noticeable

sandrab64

I have done both ways. Sometimes I do a straight seam when the border width is 6 inches or more. This can save on material just a bit.

Stitchnripper

I mostly do it on a diagonal, but, have done it straight. Just depends.

nativetexan

an angle looks best but I've done a straight seem if low on border fabric.

Jeanne S

I usually just use straight seams. But I also like the look of diagonal if you want to take the time to do it.

Tartan

It depends on the fabric. If it is a solid, I really try for no seams in the border. I might deliberately place a design element into the border to disguise a join.
For patterned fabric it depends on how I do my corners. If I miter the corners, I do a diagonal join. If I am doing squared or overlapping corners, I do a straight join.

pocoellie

Any piecing of borders or binding, I make it angled.