A baby quilt and I am frustrated--need suggestions.
01-22-2017, 03:53 PM
#32
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Try blocking the quilt before you do anything else. You might succeed in making it straight without having to remove the binding. Just pin it to a carpet, measure, dampen, and allow to dry in place, making sure the edges are square.
01-24-2017, 02:35 AM
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What an absolutely adorable quilt!! And I agree with others, wash it and gift it. Remember we are more critical of our work than anyone else. Also ask yourself.....is your nephew gonna hang it on the wall, or is he gonna wrap himself up in it? That slight waviness will never show when he is snuggled up in it.
01-24-2017, 05:44 AM
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When you measured your quilt for binding did you measure in the center of the quilt? If not sometimes your binding will not fit correctly and can become wavy. I would take binding off re square the quilt, measure center of quilt, horizontally and vertically and reapply binding. I don't why this works but it does. Or do what I tell my great granddaughter. it is a creative design element not a boo boo.
01-26-2017, 12:19 AM
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I've never blocked a quilt and wondered if the quilt is machine washed and dried later wouldn't it just revert back?
01-26-2017, 03:09 AM
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I had the same problem with a Bargello I just finished....came out of square with all the dense quilting and once I'd put the binding on, to me it was screamingly obvious. I winced and winced at it for days and it didn't improve with the "finished and washed" wash. I made the quilt for the bed in our new caravan (do you call them trailers over there?) and now that it's been on the bed and travelled with us for a few trips I just love it regardless and don't notice its wobbliness anymore.
01-26-2017, 07:35 AM
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The quilt is adorable!! I might not touch it.
But - if I were to do anything with it - this is what I would probably do. When I have had this problem and want to fix it, I run a straight stitch down the edge just inside the seam allowance before I put on the binding (sometimes just the stitch alone is enough to ease in the wave). I use a stitch just a tiny bit longer than what I would usually use and loosen the tension just a bit as well. I then measure the center on the quilt and tug on one of my stitch threads (usually it will be the bottom thread) essentially "gathering" in the edge but not tightly enough to have any real gathers or pleats. It is kind of like setting in a sleeve - all you want is to ease in the extra fabric. I have also used this method if I have an unruly block that is just a bit off and I need something in it to match up perfectly to another block.
But - if I were to do anything with it - this is what I would probably do. When I have had this problem and want to fix it, I run a straight stitch down the edge just inside the seam allowance before I put on the binding (sometimes just the stitch alone is enough to ease in the wave). I use a stitch just a tiny bit longer than what I would usually use and loosen the tension just a bit as well. I then measure the center on the quilt and tug on one of my stitch threads (usually it will be the bottom thread) essentially "gathering" in the edge but not tightly enough to have any real gathers or pleats. It is kind of like setting in a sleeve - all you want is to ease in the extra fabric. I have also used this method if I have an unruly block that is just a bit off and I need something in it to match up perfectly to another block.
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