| Preparing Your Quilt for Quilting Service:
Do not baste your quilt. The quilt backing and
batting should be a minimum of 5 inches wider and
8 inches longer than the quilt top. If your
backing is pieced, remove the selvage edges and
press the seams open. Please be sure that your
outside seams are secured. Cut loose threads
from seams that might cause a shadow through a
light background. Quilt top must be free of
embellishments and free of all pins. Top and
backing should be properly pressed. Puckers
and tucks cannot be avoided if there is an uneven
easement between the horizontal and vertical
measurements.
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| Applying Borders:
After the body of the quilt has been pieced,
gently press before adding borders. The logical
place to measure the finished top is along its
outside edges, and this is a useful measurement.
However, measurements should be taken across the
center in two or three places for both the width
and length. If these measurements are different
from that of the outer edge, accidental stretching
has occurred. To keep the finished quilt as
straight and square as possible, you must measure
the centers.
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To Make a Border with Straight-Cut Corners:
Determine the length of the quilt border by
averaging the distance of two or three center
measurements (see
Figure 1). Cut two borders that
length and pin them to opposite sides of the quilt
matching ends and centers and easing in the fullness.
Sew and press.
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Determine the width of the quilt border by
averaging the distance of the two or three
center measurements (see
Figure 2).
Cut these borders that length and pin -
easing in the fullness. Sew and press.
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| To Make a Border with Mitered Corners:
To determine length of top and borders, measure
across middle width of the center. To this, add
width of border twice plus 1/2 inch (seam allowance).
For side borders measure across middle length of
center. To this, also add twice the width of border
plus 1/2 inch (seam allowance).
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| Cut borders to length. Fold and press ends at 45
degree angle - this marks miter seam. Fold border
in half lengthwise to find center. Find center
of top and pin together. Pin each end of border
through the mitered crease and center of top
(last square, etc.), then pin together remainder
-- distributing fullness throughout.
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| Sew with border on the bottom. Begin and
sewing at pin that is through center and
miter crease. Now just align creases
and pin and sew. Sew from outside toward
the top. Clip and press.
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