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foldHow to Add Mitered
Borders
Center and pin border strips to sides,
top, and bottom of quilt. Strips will
extend beyond quilt top. Starting and
stopping ¼ ̋ from quilt corners and
backstitching to secure, sew strips to
quilt top. Press seam allowances toward
quilt center. Fold quilt on diagonal,
right sides together. Align border strip
raw edges and border seams at the
¼ ̋ backstitched point; pin together.
Align ruler edge with fold, extending
ruler completely across border. Draw
line from the backstitched point to the
border raw edges. Stitch on drawn line,
backstitching at both ends. Press seam
open. With quilt right side up, align
45° line of square ruler on seam line
to check accuracy. If corner is fl at and
square, trim excess fabric to ¼ ̋ seam
allowance. Repeat for all corners.Assembly DiagramDD E3 ½ ̋ x 60½ ̋6 ½ ̋ x 75 ̋3 ½̋ x 73½̋6 ½
̋ x 94 ̋
Assembling the Quilt Top
NOTE: Refer to Assembly Diagram for
following steps.
4 Sew 4 block rows using 3 blocks and
2 black medium dot D’s each. Sew
3 sash rows using 3 black medium
dot D’s and 2 green E’s each. Join
rows together, alternating.
5 Refer to Borders in Quilt Basics. Join
border 1 strips and cut to sizes shown
in Assembly Diagram. Matching
centers and ends, sew border 1 side
strips to quilt; repeat to add top and
bottom strips.
6 Referring to diagram, join assorted
print 7”-long rectangles as shown
and cut to sizes shown in Assembly
Diagram. Referring to How to Add
Mitered Borders sidebar, join pieced
border to quilt, mitering corners.Quilting and Finishing
7 Layer, baste, and quilt. Abigail ma-
chine quilted allover swirls. Bind the
quilt.