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Mary and Marianne Fons demonstrate how to achieve accuracy by measuring a quilt so the borders will fit properly and the quilt will be square. Also, watch Part 2 of this episode. For more fantastic quilting tips visit HeyQuilty.com! Be sure to check out the quilt Dream Girl featured in Quilty Winter 2012!
Hint: click on the photos to view Quilty season 2, Perfect Binding Master Class and the Dream Girl digital pattern!
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I love this segment.
Peggy Paige, 12 months ago
You two are so stinkin’ cute!!!! Keep up the great work! XO
Karen, 12 months ago
Thanking you so much for this wonderful show . I just love it.
Joan, 12 months ago
I appreciate this great tip being a beginning quilter! Thank you!
Jennie P., 11 months ago
Why have I never discovered this site before? Loved it – and passed the info on to other members of my quilting group here in Lancashire, England.
Best wishes – Kathryn
Kathryn Warbrick, 11 months ago
Thanks for all of the great Quilty shows. Mary, you are the greatest and have learned very well from Marianne. What would we ever do without Marianne?
Elisabeth Wells, 11 months ago
I am new to quilting and love all the tips and shows.
Julie Taorei, 11 months ago
Thanks for this great segment. I have been quilting for a little while but had a quilt quilted by a longarmer who made the comment that the borders were wavy. I didn’t know what to do about it & now I do. You know it’s not just beginners who need help – we all do. Keep up the great work!
Mary, 11 months ago
Will you go over the steps for squaring up when doing mitred corners please?
Pat, 11 months ago
This is the way, I do things also. Love, Quilty! Love you Both!!
Thanks for giving so many tips, Have a wonderful day every day!
Sharon Peters, 11 months ago
You mentioned that if you do side borders first it saves fabric….how does that happen? I dont understand it.
thanks
Susie, 11 months ago
I adore you both and I’ve been a huge fan of Marianne Fons for years… however I’m going to call you on this one…
I think you might want to clarify a bit your statement about not putting the horizontal borders on first. It takes the same amount of fabric to cover the quilt whether you do the horizontal or the vertical first… did you mean that you might have to cut extra strips to piece them because of the few inches of extra length..or what?
Teresa, 11 months ago
I was puzzled by this too but I think it means that your side pieces will all be shorter and so your original piece of fabric can be shorter, which would be more economical. The quilt uses the same amount of fabric but cutting the sides longer than the ends might affect the amount you need to purchase in order to cut those longer strips.
Grace, 1 month ago
If you want a pieced border do you take the average size and piece that pieced border based on the average of the sides?
Napalil, 11 months ago