What to do with the seams?

Sometimes I think my crappy quilting might have more to do with my crappy pressing.
While wasting time on the internet I came across this article regarding the merits of pressing one's seams open for all quilts...not just the one block wonders.

http://www.straw.com/equilters/library/techniques/SeamsOpen.html

Give it a read and let me know what you think.
It may be as controversial as pre-wash or not.

But I gained an inch

The star was supposed to be centered under the blue/white/blue border. oops. I measured twice. I guess it is important to make sure you measure the correct thing - not just anything.

On the edge

I wonder if anyone else has ever seriously considered cutting off the border of her quilt in order to avoid having to handquilt it?