Borders
#2
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Ontario, Canada
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Your choice!
There are no rules.
I've done both ..... usually dependent on what fabric I have.
Piecing the border is usually the most frugal way, as very often to go LOF, there is a lot of excess fabric to what you need for the borders .... or for the earlier piecing.
There are no rules.
I've done both ..... usually dependent on what fabric I have.
Piecing the border is usually the most frugal way, as very often to go LOF, there is a lot of excess fabric to what you need for the borders .... or for the earlier piecing.
#4
Yes to all of the above. Your choice. I know that a lot of patterns are now telling you to cut the borders first out of the length of the fabric, but that never works for me because I always seem to put my own spin on the pattern, which often changes the border size.
#6
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Sonoma County, CA
Posts: 4,299
I do one LOF piece if I possibly can. Especially on solids - usually there's enough for at least 2 quilts worth of borders. And if not, there's usually at least enough left to get some LOF binding strips - I love loooong binding strips.
I'm a scrappy quilter though, so leftovers are always welcome.
I'm a scrappy quilter though, so leftovers are always welcome.
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