Lessons learned
 

Had a real moment today - but learned two things.

#1 - When making a double border around a quilt top - add one border at a time. I thought it would be easier to sew both my borders together, then sew them to the quilt - did NOT like that look at all. Lesson Learned

#2 - When decided how big to make your borders always remember to divide by two. My baby quilt block was 31" square and I wanted the quilt to be at least 41". So I added a 10 inch border, made up of two colors (see #1). Well, that was a brain fart on my part - I should have added a 5" border all the way around instead of 10 inches all the way around. That quilt top with borders attached was huge! Lesson Learned - always divide the amount of border you want by two because you want it on two sides, not just one!

If I can't laugh at my own mistakes (and learn from them), then I'll be doing a lot of crying!

Most of us have learned a lot from our duh moments.

How kind you are to share your lessons learned. For sure some folks will learn from you.

I have a One Block Wonder quilt I made that has wide borders. I'm trying to work up the energy to redo them.

Yayyyy, mistake made! Now you can cross that one off the list of mistakes you'll and we all will make in our lifetimes! Feels like an accomplishment, doesn't it?

Welcome to the Been There, Done That Club! Would you like a club jacket or a club pin? :D

Ha! I'm a charter member :D
Glad you mentioned the first one though. I've thought of doing multiple borders that way. I won't now!

It seems every quilt (project) offers one or more 'lessons to be learned' - I've come to expect them! Doesn't mean I always like 'em but I know they're coming. Some are simple oversights, that are bound to happen, others have been great (and expensive) learning opportunities :D Actually, I think it's all part of the enjoyment I get from quilting as I love to learn!

I am laughing. Some of my bright ideas are really Duh moments and. Learned your first lesson all by myself!��

Sewing two strips for borders together before putting them on the body of the quilt-

If one is using cornerstones for the corners - I think that would work out fine.

It also works out well if one is going to miter the corners.

I'm always learning and I'm always surprised by the relearning... just this summer I was working with some 6" precut squares. Great, I thought, a 2" border will make an 8" square. Well no, it made a 10" square (2 inches both sides!) and suddenly my project was a lot larger than I had envisioned.