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Old 04-08-2010, 03:07 PM
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Do you square up your quilt before or after it's quilted?

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Old 04-08-2010, 03:16 PM
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I square up at each step along the way. That way the final quilt is easier to square.I square it before I layer for quilting. The last squaring up I do after the quilting.

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Old 04-08-2010, 03:33 PM
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Only for my big ones, after is quilted I wash it, block it on the carpet until is dry and then square it.
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http://www.quiltuniversity.com/squaring_up.htm

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Old 04-09-2010, 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Maride
Only for my big ones, after is quilted I wash it, block it on the carpet until is dry and then square it.
You wash it before putting on the binding?
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Old 04-09-2010, 11:40 AM
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I usually square up as I go along.
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Old 04-09-2010, 01:41 PM
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I square up each stitched section of the quilt block. Then square up the finished quilt block. Then when I piece the blocks into rows it is already squared up.
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Old 04-11-2010, 08:27 AM
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I square up as I go, but after you quilt it usually is all distorted so you have to square before binding.

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