Things You'll Need:
- Scissors or rotary cutter
- pins
- sewing machine
- thread
- ruler
- marking pen/chalk
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Step 1
My square measures 8 1/2 inches, and the 4 strips are 1 1/2 x 12 inches. Take special note here: when making mitered corners your strip length needs to be much longer than your square, the wider your strip, the more length you need. I don't have a formula here, but when in doubt make it longer :)
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Step 2
press your seams open to reduce bulkPin your strips, center on your square, on opposite sides. Sew with 1/4" seam -- I don't reinforce my seams at all, it may be helpful to pull out a few stitches when setting the miter.
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Step 3
Pin and sew opposite sides borders to the square, press open again.
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Step 4
Take your timeFold your square on the diagonal, this works for rectangles too, but you would need to do one corner at a time. Match up your seams, making sure that the corner is lying flat without excess, and pin.
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Step 5
Take note of where your seam will be as you pinThis is how I pin, you don't want the seams to move, and you need your tails to be secure as well. You can do both corners at once, just flip it over for the opposite corner.
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Step 6
Once sewn, open the seam to check your cornerNext line up your ruler on the diagonal, and mark the sewing line on the tail, like so --and sew on the line that you drew.
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Step 7
If you are pleased, trim to 1/4" seam allowance, and press, if it's not quite right just pull out your stitches and try again. Take your time lining things up :)
Now go back and fold in the opposite diagonal and repeat. -
Step 8
Press your seams and trim up seam allowance. You should have four mitered corners. These corners would look nice on throw pillows, quilt borders, quilt blocks and so much more! Enjoy :)
Comments
jeffsaquatic said
on 4/9/2009 Nice article 5*
nancysoffice said
on 4/7/2009 Adding to my favorites, great tips.
Upon-Request said
on 4/7/2009 I'm definitely saving your instructions for sewing mitered corners to my favs! Great job :)