true4uca

Know this is in wrong section, can't post on main.
I'm almost ready to attach my seminole border. I would normally measure through the center of quilt and use that measurement to cut my border. I'm thinking this to death (sigh), will this work, how do I deal with the corners.

Tartan

I am not much help because I give myself a cheater strip when planning a intricate border. A cheater strip is a plain border. I decide on how wide to make it between my quilt and the pieced border after laying it out. If I need a little more space I make the strip wider. A little less space, I trim it down. My quilt, my rules.

irishrose

With my flying geese, I used cornerstones in the corners, well, I meant to, at least. Two didn't make it so the geese sort of collide. With my braided border, I used a dark strip to separate the braids at the corners. Mitering wouldn't work like you do with piano keys. [ATTACH=CONFIG]351654[/ATTACH]

nygal

It looks beautiful.

AZ Cottontail Quilter

Don't quite understand your question. It is absolutely fabulous and I can't find a problem with the borders. Maybe I am looking at something that you have underneath that gorgeous quilt and thinking that the borders are on.

scraphq

I wouldn't call it a cheater strip, I call it smart quiltmaking!! No matter what width the strip needs to be, if the border goes together nicely, the strip is right. Good figuring, not cheating.

hopetoquilt

I would measure from the center. That does make sense. You add the sides. Then you measure again and add the top and bottom.

nativetexan

yes sometimes putting a skinny inner border to make the pieced one fit is fine. much better than having to cut your pieced border too much where it doesn't look right.

Quilter 65

Are you maybe asking if it should be mitered at 45 degrees? That quilt that is pictured is very pretty.

TeresaS

Its very pretty!