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Old 09-24-2010, 05:45 PM
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I have only learned to mite corners...does anyone have pictures of what a non-mitered quilt looks like? I would be interested in seeing some pics. Thanks....Connie in California
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Old 09-24-2010, 05:52 PM
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i only miter the corners when putting on the binding and that is plenty of mitering for me
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Old 09-24-2010, 07:12 PM
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Never the borders but always the binding.
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Old 09-24-2010, 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by sheila bee
Depends on the quilt pattern...but I to have a problem with mitered cooners...woops been out of school to long how do you spell coners ????.....haha
corners :thumbup: :lol: :D
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Old 09-24-2010, 07:36 PM
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I don't miter my borders and I almost always round the corners, I find they hang better on the bed. I usually make the ones for us to use as a bedspread and the corners don't touch the floor. I round the corners of the quilts I give away and no one has ever complained.

Here is a quilt with rounded corners
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Old 09-24-2010, 07:40 PM
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Originally Posted by numberonenana
I have only learned to mite corners...does anyone have pictures of what a non-mitered quilt looks like? I would be interested in seeing some pics. Thanks....Connie in California
I just posted a picture of a quilt with round corners.
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Old 09-24-2010, 08:11 PM
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I miter mine most of the time. now that it does not take me a whole day. ;) God bless.
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Old 09-24-2010, 08:18 PM
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I had a real time doing mitered corners. A while ago there was a great tute on mitering corners and it turned the light on for me. How else do you do corners??
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depends on quilt but most of the time I do and always miter te bindings peorid.
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Old 09-24-2010, 08:39 PM
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I always miter my bindings but for borders it depends on the fabric and the 'look' that I want.
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