Sweet River Studios

After quilting the background, I selected the border I thought would look best and got sewing. But I wanted a mitered border, which I've never done before. I watched several YouTube videos and of course they always make it sound really, really, easy and never once to they say "don't do X because then it won't work" or "watch out for Y." No. They simply say, "See its easy!" No. No it isn't. Mitered Corners The first step to mitered corners is marking your center panel. Mark 1/4" away from your corners in every direction. Sew your borders on the panel starting and stopping at the 1/4" marks. Once you get all 4 sides done, your borders will NOT be sewn down in the corners. All the borders are floppy and weird at this point. Lay all your borders flat out so that they overlap (sorry, I don't have a picture). Mark with a pen, on each fabric with a  little dot, where the two borders intersect. Next, fold your center panel...

If you've never done sashing on a quilt, you've come to the right place.  I've never done it either. And of course, the quilt I'm currently working on has sashing. The back of the quilt is done at the same time as the front but when you sew the blocks and rows together you have a seam of unsightly raw edges that is visible on the back. So to cover those up, you a take a strip of fabric 1.5" wide, turn the edges to the middle and sew that on the seams to cover it. So the first thing, I did was trim some of the excess fabric off the seam to make it lay a bit flatter. Trust me, these seams are pretty bulky, just don't cut far enough down into your sewing.  Trim all the seams. Next, you can make your sashing.  Take your sashing fabric, mine matches the backing fabric, and cut strips 1.5"x WOF.  I used a spray starch and sprayed the strip, then I folded the edges over and then I ironed them in place.  You can use one of those binder makers from Simplicit...