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#32
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: MN
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Holice caught the "Joining the PIECES in a border - - "
I also prefer to join them diagonally. I think it usually looks better and the seam seems to disappear - but if the fabric design says otherwise or if I'm limited - I'll do a straight join.
I also prefer to join them diagonally. I think it usually looks better and the seam seems to disappear - but if the fabric design says otherwise or if I'm limited - I'll do a straight join.
#33
Sewing the pieces together on the diagonal makes for a less bulky seam. I recently did a baby quilt and ran out of material so I had to join with straight across seams. Didn't like it and had to do some manipulating of the seams when I hand stitched it down.
#35
If you are going to enter a quilt into a show for judging check on what the judges have said in the past. Usually the cut straight but joined on the diagonal gets more points. Or so I have been told.
ali
ali
#36
Yes, JOINING (not cutting) the border strips on the diagonal almost always looks better to me, although there some fabrics where a straight join looks better. I like the way the diagonal join causes less bulk, too.
#37
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Ohio
Posts: 2,148
Most of the time I join diagonial unless I am short on fabric then I will do straight since it takes less fabric. If I join straight then I try to match border seam with seam in the inside so it is less noticable.
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