Adding quilt borders

Adding quilt borders is a common last step when making a quilt. Toby Lischko shows you how to properly put borders onto your quilts.

Add beautiful borders to your quilts in no time with our quick and easy method!

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Let me show you how to add borders to your quilt the correct way! This will help prevent puckers and tucks in the quilting, and help your quilt to lay flat when it is done. Whether you choose to quilt

Mitered corners give a quilt a polished, classic look. Adding sashing to the edge of your quilt top is also a quick way to make it bigger. I use that trick a lot when I don't have quite enough fabric to make my quilt as big as I want it. To make your mitered corners, first you need to cut your strips of fabric. The strips need to be longer than your quilt top. To figure out how long they need to be use this equation: Length of quilt top + width of strip x 2 + extra for seam allowance I use…

Wavy borders on a quilt top are no fun! In this article, APQS Dealer and Educator Angela Huffman gives you her expert tips for attaching borders to a quilt top.

When I first started quilting, I really wanted to make a specific quilt for our bed. Except it was a throw size. Unsure of how to proceed, I emailed the designer and asked for her help. She suggested I add borders to the quilt to make it the size I wanted. While that was great advice, I took it a step further by resiz

Learn how to sew simple quilt borders for beginners with this step by step tutorial. It'll show you how to cut, piece and attach a border.

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