Do you "square" your bed size quilts?
02-15-2017, 01:22 PM
#12
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I square up my quilts after quilting, before binding. Often the quilting process causes a little wonkiness so I fix that before stitching on the binding. I square as I go during construction keeping everything as straight as possible so it loads evenly for quilting too.
02-15-2017, 01:52 PM
#13
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Originally Posted by Stitchnripper
I am lucky enough to have a big dining room table that I put my great big cutting mat on and square up one corner at a time and then connect the squared corners. This work well enough for me. I should add that I only do this after they are quilted and before I put the binding on, so I am squaring up the three layers. Most of them square up pretty well and as for the others, well, that is their choice!!!
02-15-2017, 03:24 PM
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I square each unit as I go because I know that misalignment just increases the problems the farther you go. When I get to the edge I am especially careful to square the corners and work toward the centers from there. I rarely have a problem at that stage of things.
02-16-2017, 06:09 AM
#20
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Originally Posted by PaperPrincess
I sort of square. I square up as I go, so it's usually pretty close. I have the big 20 1/5" square up ruler. I do the corners, then use my 6' ruler to join the corners. The 6' ruler is one of my best investments. $12 at Lowe's.
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