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1. How do You Measure to Get the Perfect Size Borders for Your Quilt?
   How to Bind a Quilt Once your quilt is finished and the borders are added, you'll need a binding. Why not bind it with perfection? Learn 6 different ways to bind your quilts with perfection – you'll have smooth and square corners and even edges all the way around your quilt, wheth ...
2. If I need to sew border pieces together, should they be sewn straight across or on a 45 degree angle?
   I sew them straight across. I think the 45 degree angle is more for reducing the bulk of binding where you will have fabric on the front of the quilt that wraps around to the back. You could also put some blocks or pieces of different fabric in the border so the piecing won't be quite so obvi ...