Mitered borders

muse9 wrote:
I am finally finishing up my first (very) small quilt and ready to do the
border. I have read several different articles on mitered borders and
*think* I understand it. I just have one question: should the border
material be one long piece of fabric or a seperate one for each side of the
quilt. I had just kind of assumed that if it was all the same fabric that
it was one long piece, even though you do have to piece it to get it long
enough. However, I have read a couple of articles that used a separate
piece for each side, still mitering the corners. Is there a preferred
method and does it matter?

Borders or binding?

For borders I use this method:

http://www.geocities.com/quiltfrenzy/miter.html

For binding I use this method:

http://www.mccallsquilting.com/lessons/binding/

HTH

Lizzy

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Lizzy Taylor
Heywood, Lancashire, UK 53:36:00N 2:06:00E
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