The Secret to Perfect Borders
You have gone to all the expense and hard work of making your beautiful quilt top. Now is not the time to sacrifice the look of the frame of your quilt by having ill fitting borders.
● Measure the length of your quilt top side to side in three places (left, middle, and right). Add them together and divide by 3. Now you have the actual length of the quilt. Cut that length of fabric, fold the border in half to find the center, mark, then fold in half again to find quarters and mark again. Do the same with
the quilt top. Pin border to the sides of the quilt top matching these marks and sew.
● Now measure the width of your quilt top side to side in three places (top, middle, and bottom) including the borders you just added. Add them together and divide by 3. Now you have the actual width of the quilt. Proceed with the method explained for the length.
● If you do not do this to your borders, your quilt may not be square and you will have dog ears - corners are wider than center. This does take some extra work but I know you will be pleased with the results.
● Note: Borders with cornerstones should be cut to the length and width of quilt top using these measurements, and then the corners added with the third and fourth border strips.
Contact information:
Janice Duerr - Harbor Beach, Michigan
(989) 315-1036
Email - info@quiltingbyjanice.com
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