Heather Thomas presents some fun quilt border ideas as well as teaches you how to create a quilt border that isn’t straight edged so that you don’t have to do all the calculations and you can create unique edges that you’ll be proud of. She shows a few different examples of her own work, and then demonstrates the quick and easy process for flip and sew bordering.
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3:41Quilting Techniques: Using Depth in Quilts
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