How to Make a Quilt Border: Cutting and Measuring | National Quilter's Circle
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Diane Harris talks about the problematic process of measuring and cutting borders. She teaches you a method that is fast, easy and accurate, especially on large quilts. Also, as an added benefit it will help your quilt hang flat without wobbling borders.
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I love your voice, it is so soothing. Thank you for this video. I learned to put the "extra" fabric on the bottom.
If you were here, I would hug you! I am a newbie quilter and the first two quilts I put borders on became wavy. Out of frustration, the next three were borderless! I found your tutorial, watched it twice and cut a border for the quilt I am now working on. Thank you so much! It turned out perfect!
This IS by far THE BEST method for PERFECT borders every time!
No tape measure, no calculations, no fuss. You'll never tear your hair out trying to get the borders on accurately, again...:)
This is now my go-to method and I've shared it over and over. Thank you so much!!!
Hands down the most helpful video I have run across! Using this I pulled it off!! Thank you. Very clear, simple and informative.
Greatest video for borders. Thank you.
Thank you Diane!! I am about to add borders to my FIRST quilt and this helps me tremendously!! :)))
Diane, I saw a bunch of other videos attempting to explain what you did so easily. Everyone else skipped steps and made it complicated. You made it easy. thank you so much for your help. I'm working on my first quilt!
first time I see someone explain this so clearly! Thank you!!!
This method is a game changer! Great presenter!
I send my customers to this video as it is the best way to attach borders.
You weren't wrong, your method was undoubtedly the easiest and make a lot of sense.👍
Thank for this straight-forward, crystal clear instructional video. This is exactly what I needed.
Perfect! I'm going to do this tonight. I've been measuring and playing with math, but this is so much easier! Thank you 💙
The math method is what my instructor is teaching me, I'm happy to see there's another method I can use.
By far the best method I’ve come across.
I was putting off preparing my border, but excited to get started now.
Thank you from a grateful beginner quilter. ❤
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you just what I was looking for! I am new to quilting and working on my first one. YOUR TUTORIALS ARE WONDERFUL!
Thank you for this! So much easier than the other ones I've watched.
Well done. You made this bordering so clear and easy to do. Thank you.
So very easy. Thank you.
Incredibly helpful. For visual learners especially
Thank you I am a beginner and appreciate your advice
Excellent instructions! Thank you so much.
I’ve never saw this process before, but it looks a lot less frustrating than how I have done. Neither of my two lap quilts I have done this year ended up squared, the first time it took me forever. I will try this on my next quilt. Thank you.
Love your instructions, thank you!
Nice Video! Gorgeous Quilt!! Thank you so much for sharing this!
Magnífica explicación. 🤩
Great demo! Thank you
Like the ways you do borders
bobbie rankin e
been looking for this and now I found it
Thank you so Beautiful
Hi Diane...I 'googled' "add a border quilts" to come up with a design I need for a class I am taking to learn how to quilt borders with my Statler Stitcher. What a surprise to see you as the first thing that came up. I met you at a retreat in Buena Vista years ago. Great job on your TH-cam video!! BTW I am still great friends with Alma and Lanie from that retreat. Hope you are well. Denese Marshall
So how do you cut the fabric? Do you cut parallel to salvage or do you fold and cut 2 layers... several across the folded fabric
This is perfect! will it work if your quilt isn't perfectly square? for example, my top is 76 in. and the bottom is 76.5 inch.
Yes, just ease it and put the longer side on the bottom. feed dogs will pull it along a fraction more than the top. always remember that. Good luck!!!
What do you do if the quilt top is narrower in width than it is in length? I have a beautiful piece of fabric 28” by 42” that is a Hawaiian scene and I am making this into a whole cloth baby quilt. Not sure how long to make the borders.
are the asterisks laid out on top of quilt and sewed on in order (like sew on all diagonally. & then horizontally then lastly the vertical strips)? I love this quilt & colorings!
The asterisks are pieced into each block and then the blocks are assembled in rows and stitched together.Hope this helps!
I'm confused I'm always the last one to understand... why lay the border strips across the middle for measuring for the vertical side borders? I get laying them out for the horizontal (top and bottom) borders unless the quilt itself is a perfect square? My quilts are often longer on the sides or length than the width. Ahh unless youre saying the length is twice the width? I always get there eventually😂
How did you cut the border strips? Lengthwise grain or width grain? Any tricks to measuring and cutting those border pieces? These how-to videos always start with the border pieces already cut.
Hi,
Here is a great tutorial on cutting quilt borders:
www.nationalquilterscircle.com/video/cutting-long-quilt-borders-012930/
Great technique for getting borders to lay flat, but do you still need to square up the top before you quilt it?
Great question! The ‘Ask an Expert’ section is currently for members of our online community. I would be happy to send your question off to the experts. To get started, please direct message me the email associated with your paid membership account. Thanks!
you add the pieces to to all four sides . So now how do you finish the borders
I used your method and my border went on perfectly and was flat. But after I quilted the top, except for the border, the border became wavy. The top was quilted quit heavily. It was still wavy after I quilted the border itself. Any way to avoid this?
I always make sure my borer lies nice and flat before I cut it. If you leave it too loose you get wrinkles, learned my lesson to keep it tight and flat but not hard tight.
Do you do this the same way if you are using three borders?
Why not! Just be sure keep borders absolutely flat for each one...
why dont you just match the border to one side and only make one cut not to waste fabric and how to you decide how wide to make a border for a panel quilt. I cut a 2 1/2" border finishes at 2" border all around and then I want to do another wider border and I don't know if I should do 5" border finishes at 4 1/2" ?
Do you cut your borders selvage to selvage or parallel to selvage??
Hi Kirstin. On a small quilt like that one that I would probably hang on the wall, I would cut my border strips on the lengthwise grain. This is the strongest fabric grain and will give me a better chance at getting my quilt to hang nice and straight. Hope this helps.
Why not just sew on one side and then cut the excess?? Seems like less room for mistakes
Hi,
There are many different ways and methods to measure and attach your borders- this is simply a suggestion for a way that our instructor found was best for her.
Cheers,
Ashley
Why so many unnecessary scraps??^^
So, you have an unfinished edge top and bottom. now what?
I like this method as opposed to miter corners but …
your instructions are pointless if the quilt doesn't squares or geometrical patterns.