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Mitered Pleats With Bias Tape
Press the bias tape to remove wrinkles.
Encase one edge of the quilt in the double-fold bias tape. The quilt edge should line up with the fold.
Pin through all the layers of the tape and quilt to secure before stitching.
Place the quilt and bias tape under the sewing machine presser foot. A table or chair next to the machine will help support the quilt.
Machine stitch with a straight stitch close to the edge of the tape. Remove every pin as the fabric feeds along the needle plate. The stitching line should run parallel to the quilt̵7;s edge. Sew until you reach the bottom corner of the fabric.
Remove the quilt from the sewing machine. Trim the threads. Keep the bias tape intact.
Fold the tape at the corner to form a mitered pleat at the corner. The pleat forms at a 45-degree angle.
Pin the tape to the second edge.
Return the quilt to the machine. Position the quilt so the needle can backtrack to the earlier stitches at that corner.
Backstitch a few stitches. Continue machine stitching along the edge of the bias tape to the next corner. Repeat the folding, pinning and sewing steps.
Tuck the bias tape at a 45-degree angle and stitch into place at the final corner.
Mitred Corners With Fabric
Pin the border to one edge of the quilt block. Allow extended tails to hang.
Machine stitch the border beginning 1/4 inch from the left edge of the quilt. Stitch close to the edge of the quilt with a 1/4-inch seam. Stop stitching 1/4 inch from the right edge of the quilt, then backstitch three or four stitches.
Pin and stitch the second border on the second edge of the quilt block. Begin and end the machine stitching 1/4 inch from the left edge and right edge of the quilt.
Pin the two border strips right sides together at the corner.
Use a ruler to line up the last stitch and draw a line on the border strip at a 45-degree angle. This angle forms the mitered corner.
Baste the pinned, two angled strips. Gently open out the strips to preview the corner̵7;s appearance. If the corner looks lopsided, remove the basting threads and try again.
Machine stitch the borders. Remove each pin as the strips feed along the needle plate. Backstitch over the last three or four stitches. Trim the threads close to the stitching.
Trim the ends of the two border strips to leave a 1/4-inch seam.
Press the seam allowances open.
Repeat the pinning, basting, cutting and stitching steps with additional border strips.