d.rickman

Someone showed me this fool proof method, and it works.

1. leave about 4 inches on each border top, bottom and sides.

2. At one corner fold the top 4 inches over the side 4 inches,
then where they meet and cross over the other -and
on the very outside edge of your corner, top where they cross,

make a small - - angled / --- a 1/8 or 1/4 inch snip toward the corner of the quilt with your small scissors, in the outside corner of those two border fabrics, snip through those two at the same time (do not snip on the quilt corner)

Now On the wrong side of your border fabric pieces....

draw a straight line down from the snip to where the quilt corner meets the border on both border pieces, attach the border to the quilt at the corner, stitch it up and it will be perfect

mucky

Would lov e to see pictures of this

d.rickman

Here are pictures to help - [ATTACH=CONFIG]590574[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]590575[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]590576[/ATTACH]with your mitered corners.

Jan in FL

THanks for the explanation and pictures. I've always struggled with mitered corners. So, you sew the corners of the border together FIRST and THEN stitch the border to the quilt top?

d.rickman

You do not have to make a big SNIP as I have shown in the pictures, I only did it that way to show you where to make the snip, always make certain it is on the very outside where both fabrics meet - I always had to think about this before I made my snip on both fabrics.

Yes - sew the borders together first, then add to the quilt. DO NOT sew the borders tight to the corner of your quilt, stop a couple of stitches before the corner on the quilt, and be certain to tie off your threads at that quilt corner.

I know you will find this alleviates any puckering at that point. This is the easiest method, without any calculations.

thimblebug6000

Hmmm, interesting, hadn't seen or heard of this before. Although most of my quilts don't usually end having a mitre in the border. Thanks for taking the time to do a tutorial.

Mousie

I think I get it now! thank you, donna .

Rhonda K

Thank you! Perfect Tutorial.

Nan C

Thank you for the suggestion.

maryellen2u

Dang! That is great. So simple and straightforward. Thanks so very much!