Adding borders to a quilt

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!

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.

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

Have you ever bought a quilt pattern just to realize that the pattern designer’s definition of a throw-size quilt isn’t the same as yours? Luckily, widening the size of your quilt top isn’t as difficult as it may seem. In today’s post, I’ll share three different ways to adjust the size of your quilt top...

How to measure quilt borders the proper way

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Enhance your quilts with creative border ideas! Find patterns, tutorials, and inspiration for adding the perfect finishing touch.

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…

On this Valentine’s Day, I’d like to share with you a method that I have found works great for adding borders to a quilt. I used to hate adding borders to my quilt tops. I would tell myself that I