About a year ago....I posted about this, maybe it's the time of year and with quilt deadlines for the holiday's, I'm a bit frustrated with borders constantly waving at me, it really slows everything up....anyway I'm posting it again!
A subject I think is really important! How to apply a border or borders to a quilt.
Then I became a longarm quilter and found out that by doing that can possibly create some wonky quilts and wavy borders. Here are some simple directions on how to apply borders.
Directions for applying borders:
- Determine the length of the quilt border by averaging the two or three center measurements of the quilt body.
- Cut two borders that length and pin them to opposite sides of the quilt. Match the ends and centers, then gently ease in any fullness.
- Pin, sew, and press
- Repeat for the top and bottom borders.
We longarmers come across this often when quilting for others. I think that some quilters are just unaware of how to apply borders and how it affects the squareness of the quilt and the difficulty it can be to quilt it.
It really is a simple thing that can make such a huge difference. Thanks for taking the time to read this. If you have any comments on the subject feel free to share...
~Jenny~
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