construction question
#1
I am putting a storm at sea border around a panel to create a wallhanging. Unfortunately I cut the panel to the theoretical size, and now that I have completed my units and sewn them together, I find my panel is a quarter inch too small. Okay, lesson learned. If I ever do this again I will wait to cut my panel until I have created the border first, but in the meantime my panel is too small. How should I handle this? Can I just try to stretch the material over a distance of 21 inches, or will that make it look ruffled? Should I try to make my seams larger on the border portion and risk lopping of my points? Thanks in advance for any advice!
#6
I would add a flange and leave a good half inch seam allowance on it. A flange is just a strip folded in half and inserted into the seam. It'll be loose over the panel instead of stitched down.
the gold is a flange
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#7
Originally Posted by dungeonquilter
Is it possible to cut the panel down a bit more, and add a plain border before the pieced one?
#8
I made my seams a shade wider in the storm at sea border, and made the seam allowance of my panel a shade smaller, and it looks to be working out, although I haven't sewn the two rows together yet. Thanks for the advice!
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