It’s easy to see how to quilt the top and bottom borders horizontally with your longarm quilting machine and frame. But what do you do about those side borders?

• Plan border designs to complement your quilt.

• Decide if a quilt needs to be turned to quilt the side borders.

• “Chunk” side border designs.

• Stabilize a quilt to allow turning.

• Adjust pantographs to fit your quilt borders.

• Scale designs to fit your border width.

• Plan attractive border corners.

• Knot by hand and bury threads.