Why miter the borders?
#42
Originally Posted by jayelee
I dont miter my borders becuse it overwhelms me I just cant figure out how
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#44
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.
#45
Originally Posted by trisha
I don't like mitering. I try and make most of my quilts with the backs a few inches larger than the front so I have a built in binding. Does anyone else do this? Easiest way possible and the people I make quilts for wouldn't know the difference anyway.
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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.
#50
Originally Posted by Terryl
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.
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