catmcclure

Won't look good unless they're mitered. The inner border will extend out and destroy the look of the outer border.

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virtualbernie

Yeah, what she said

dunster

A picture is worth a thousand words. Good job, catmcclure.

sandrab64

EXCELLENT! I decided to do one border at a time since I've never mitered anything yet and don't want to practice on someone else's quilt! Thank you!

nena

Scissor Queen, You are so right. I learned that the hard way. I ended up cutting the end off an adding a block in the corners. That worked, but now I do them one at a time.

BMP

As much as a pain it is I would do them separate....too much of a chance of getting wavy boarders and as a LAer that isnt fun to have to work with. !!

w7sue

I like to sew mine on one border at a time, unless doing a mitered corner.

Mitered corners scare the dickens out of me, but I did one recently that turned out great so I have more confidence for the next time. The border had three borders (solid, print, solid) and I loved the look with it mitered. I set it up, pressed it and looked at it for several days before I got the courage to sew it. In the end, it was much ado about nothing since it went together very easily.

MoanaWahine

There is the rare occasion that they can be done together, but it needs to be part of the design of the quilt. 95% of the time, it is best to do them separate. Can't wait to see how yours turns out

QuiltingCrazie

I did that on a table topper but I had cornerstones.

TerryQuilter

Ditto this. If you sew them together first and don't miter them they look really different. I wish I could tell you what it looks like, but it is a visual thing. If you are not mitering them, sew them on one at a time.