help with slightly wavy borders
01-10-2013, 06:08 AM
#31
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I also would take them off one more time & try starching them so they won't stretch. Try pinning them from the centre out rather than from one end to the other. Maybe this will help but it might be worth a try. Good luck.
01-10-2013, 06:14 AM
#32
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Originally Posted by jcrow
I never have wavy borders. I'm not the best quilter by far, but for some reason (knock on wood) my borders always lay flat. I don't know what I do 'right' to make them lay flat. I know I don't measure my quilt in the middle. Never have. I don't measure it anywhere. I just make sure I have enough border (always a few inches extra) to go from one end to the other and sew it. And I never have wavy borders. My LAer told my LQS owner that she is very impressed with my sewing. I was shocked because I don't do the things that everyone else does - like measure the middle of the quilt and make your borders that size. But it works for me and I'm not changing.
01-10-2013, 06:28 AM
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I suggest you check out the Youtube video, "You can quilt that out". I am a novice long arm quilter, and I would suggest that if you expect the best from the long arm quilter, then you should give the long arm quilter the best you can do. We are not magicians. If you measure your quilt away from the edge of the top and cut both sides the same identical length, and then pin pin pin, you shouldn't have wavy borders. I always pin the ends first and then work from the center out. My mother used to say "Any job worth doing is worth doing well". Don't assume someone else will be able to cover your mistakes.
01-10-2013, 06:57 AM
#35
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warp/weft
Originally Posted by PatriceJ
these are suggestions for future quilts since you have already decided to not change this one.
you didn't mention whether or not you used a walking foot.
if you didn't, i highly recommend you use one for future borders.
they are also very helpful when attaching binding.
i never cut my border strips across the width of the fabric. (weft/woof)
i cut up the length of the fabric. (warp)
this will sometimes mean additional piecing to get borders the length i need, but it's well worth the effort.
the woof/weft stretches.
the warp does not.
little saying to help me remember:
the fabric's warp will not [warp].
you didn't mention whether or not you used a walking foot.
if you didn't, i highly recommend you use one for future borders.
they are also very helpful when attaching binding.
i never cut my border strips across the width of the fabric. (weft/woof)
i cut up the length of the fabric. (warp)
this will sometimes mean additional piecing to get borders the length i need, but it's well worth the effort.
the woof/weft stretches.
the warp does not.
little saying to help me remember:
the fabric's warp will not [warp].
Thanks
Kim
01-10-2013, 07:43 AM
#37
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Bonnie's method is great! I never "measure" for a border. It's easier to me to lay it out than trying to make sure a measuring tape doesn't move. Since I've been doing it this way, I haven't had any wavy borders. My sister is just learning to quilt and was having border issues. Once she started doing it the way I do, no more problems! I wouldn't give it to a longarmer with wavy borders. Good luck!!
01-10-2013, 07:49 AM
#38
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I totally agree with all on the redo to get the borders done without waves but I more so agree with CorgiNole about no borders. This is a spectacular looking quilt on its own without the borders.
01-10-2013, 07:58 AM
#39
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O.K, here goes - from the point of a longarm quilter - if these borders are not ripped, cut down and resewn to the quilt top, there will be puckers or pleats when the quilting is done. Most longarmers can work in about 1 inch of fullness, but I'm seeing more than 1 inch on these borders. Your longarm quilter may ask if it is o.k with you to make a "seam" 2 or 3 places along the border to take in the fullness before quilting or these "seams" can be fingure pressed and quilted over while the quilting is being done. A good longarmer will be able do this so the "seams" are hardly noticeable. However; the best method to insure the quilt looks its best when completed would be to rip off the borders and redo them to remove the "ruffles" prior to quilting.
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