Sewing Borders on Your Quilt

​‪@SweetheartQuiltDesign‬ presents this tutorial on how to sew borders on your quilt. Becky Johnson takes you step-by-step through the process.
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[@margueritehirsch8246]

great video and clear instructions

[@SweetheartQuiltDesign]

Glad it was helpful!

[@deewinston5651]

Thank you. I’m trying to learn to add borders. Your instructions were very clear.

[@SweetheartQuiltDesign]

So glad I could help!

[@martharoush7565]

21:50 I just watched your video and it was great. I have a problem. I did not cut my borders the long way, I cut my borders the other way. How can I see the seams together so they will look right now? Any suggestions are appreciated!

[@lindakochis5476]

Thank you I just subscribed to your channel. Learned a few things also can you do a tutorial on bindings I usually go to a website and put in the width and length and that’s the amount of strips I cut . Thanks

[@jillschuff6587]

Very informative videos on borders - thank you!

[@SweetheartQuiltDesign]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Mickey-jn8hz]

The rick rack quilts too, love them. So different.

[@SweetheartQuiltDesign]

They’re fun!

[@graystar2519]

Thank you so much for your advice and video. I found it when I was about to put strips on my quilt and new I needed some help to keep it square. Thanks so much for your help. Please keep posting 😊

[@SweetheartQuiltDesign]

Thank you so much! I’m so glad I could help! I have some new fun videos planned.

[@Mickey-jn8hz]

I love the way you do this. Thank you so much!

[@SweetheartQuiltDesign]

You’re welcome!

[@nancysharon931]

Great video. Thanks for explaining and giving details.

[@SweetheartQuiltDesign]

My pleasure! It feels so good to get your borders on right!

[@dlb0037]

Do you alter where the seam line is on the opposite of the borders?

[@SweetheartQuiltDesign]

I like to cut my borders length of fabric so I don’t have seams. But if I have seams, I usually put them toward the lower end of the quilt. There isn’t a real reason for that, it’s just my personal preference.

[@Mickey-jn8hz]

I am very interested in the gold, green, orange and brown quilt behind you, could you please direct me to the pattern?

[@SweetheartQuiltDesign]

The pattern is called Terrazzo. It’s fun to make and uses color values to make it look dimensional. I have a class for it on my Podia channel.

[@mingum]

Ate you sewing over the pins?

[@SweetheartQuiltDesign]

Yes, it’s a little thing my seventh grade home economics teacher taught me to do and I haven’t broken the habit yet. You do have to be very careful, go slowly and you have to know your machine can handle it. I know there are some brands that if you hit a pin, it has to go to the repair person.

[@darcaspena4823]

When do you use best press?

[@SweetheartQuiltDesign]

Most of the time I use it to get wrinkles out and the bolt fold before I cut the fabric. I have used it to stabilize fabric when I’m going to be cutting on the diagonal. If you spray small pieces with best press spray it’s easy to get them distorted, so I try and stay away from that.