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02-25-2011, 04:51 PM

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janetter

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Agreed

02-25-2011, 05:52 PM

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Nettie Phillips

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I sew them together first. You just have to make sure the
seams match.

02-25-2011, 06:11 PM

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oma66

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I sew multiple borders together to form one border and then sew it on the quilt. For me this is the best and quickest method. But...whatever works for you and is in your comfort zone is what is best for you.

02-25-2011, 06:13 PM

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BobbiSue

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Kappy, I do hand stitching and I always sew the sides of my borders on after I do the entire top. After that, I sew on the top and bottom borders...

02-25-2011, 06:16 PM

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jane65us

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Kappy

sewn your border together and then sewed them to you quilt? I usually sew the first border to the quilt then the 2nd and so on, but I was thinking, it would be a lot easier to sew the border strips together and then add it to the quilt. How do you usually do it?

I triedn it sewing them together, but they don't come out as perfect frame's so I won't do it again.. to much work to take it out... :shock:

02-25-2011, 06:32 PM

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BobbiSue

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I finish the top of my quilt and then sew the binding on the sides. This is so the head and foot of the quilt binding edges are stitched
over the side bindings...

02-25-2011, 06:38 PM

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Grantiowa

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I do round corners on all my quilts. I sew all the strips together and away I go. I thing the round corners are classy. Karen Sue

02-25-2011, 06:39 PM

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Grantiowa

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I do round corners on all my quilts. I sew all the strips together and away I go. I think the round corners are classy. Karen Sue

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02-25-2011, 06:46 PM

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PaperPrincess

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I do it all the time then design corner blocks that join the borders, like a partial log cabin block. I quilt the body of the quilt without borders, then add the border section, batting and backing and quilt the borders. I'm diong the quilting on my dsm, so this works because it reduced the size of the quilt that you have to manhandle. This is how I did my avatar. Can you tell that the bottom corners are separate blocks?