Border Direction?
11-15-2013, 11:46 AM
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The fabric/pattern may tell you which direction to choose. What I've been told is most important is to be consistent will all of the sides - and if there are multiple borders, all of the border fabrics.
Cheers, K
Cheers, K
11-15-2013, 11:58 AM
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I do both...on the same quilt. I cut the side borders on the lengthwise grain and the top and bottom borders on the crosswise grain. My reason is this: once they're sewn on the quilt, the grain all runs the same way, lengthwise from top to bottom.
What it means is the stretch is all going the same way; any fabric print is all going the same way; the light reflects off the warp and weft the same way which eliminates that subtle color difference that happens when the grain direction differs; and you never pull on the stretchy crosswise grain when you pull the quilt up under your chin on a cold night (or hang it on a wall).
It's just something I started doing many years ago because it seemed to make sense to me.
What it means is the stretch is all going the same way; any fabric print is all going the same way; the light reflects off the warp and weft the same way which eliminates that subtle color difference that happens when the grain direction differs; and you never pull on the stretchy crosswise grain when you pull the quilt up under your chin on a cold night (or hang it on a wall).
It's just something I started doing many years ago because it seemed to make sense to me.
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