Lystra

I always learn so much here so I was wondering if any of you had a simple way of doing mitered borders...I have looked at a few "how tos" from google but I'm still confused. I am not catching all of my seams in the finished border corner....any advice? Thanks so much in advance!!

Maride

Check this out.

http://www.beecreativestudio.com/PDF/MiteredCorners.pdf

It works great.

ckcowl

your borders need to be longer than each side. place a dot at the exact 1/4" spot on each corner of the border (wrong side.
start and stop sewing exactly on that dot- attach each side--
turn quilt diagonally- line up the two corners on top of each other, draw a diagonal line matching the folded edge of the quilt, stitch along that line= trim corner to leave a 1/4" seam==

go to the tutorial page there are plenty of tutorials and pictures to help you along the way.
also visit Fons and Porter's love of quilting- they just had a technique show and have a vidoe on mitered corners. it does not matter if it is a binding, a border or a frame- miters are done the same way.

katier825

Pittsburgpam has a great tutorial:

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-21057-1.htm

978gray

There are several you tube videos as well, if you are someone who needs to "see" what to do.

bisseau

Thanks for the link...I'm printing as I type.

moonwork42029

cool! I need this help too

Jammin' Jane

Hey, thanks for the link!

NJ Quilter

Another tip is, if you have multiple borders, sew all your border fabrics together first before doing your mitre. That way you are doing one seam instead of multiples.