Thread: Biggerization...making a quilt bigger

I needed to make a twin sized quilt slightly larger. The quilt had shrunk AND we put a memory foam topper on top of the mattress....result, quilt was too small.

This was the first real quilt I made, the result of a Learn to Quilt class. I dearly love it and just hated that it didn't cover up the mattress on the bed anymore. So I decided to enlarge it. I read what I could about doing that...the most information was available on this board. I wanted to do it the easiest way I could. I didn't care if this last border was quilted or if there was a binding.

So I cut six inch pieces, made them the right length, hemmed them, and then sewed them on to the quilt I had, leaving half of the binding showing. It made it look like there was a small cord type thing between the new border and the one next to it. I am very happy with my results. In fact, I have another quilt I am going to do this to next.

Here is a before and after picture. Maybe someone else could use this information. Just don't tell the Quilt Police I did this!!

Dina

Looks great!! Thanks for the tip!!

Originally Posted by Dina

I needed to make a twin sized quilt slightly larger. The quilt had shrunk AND we put a memory foam topper on top of the mattress....result, quilt was too small.

This was the first real quilt I made, the result of a Learn to Quilt class. I dearly love it and just hated that it didn't cover up the mattress on the bed anymore. So I decided to enlarge it. I read what I could about doing that...the most information was available on this board. I wanted to do it the easiest way I could. I didn't care if this last border was quilted or if there was a binding.

So I cut six inch pieces, made them the right length, hemmed them, and then sewed them on to the quilt I had, leaving half of the binding showing. It made it look like there was a small cord type thing between the new border and the one next to it. I am very happy with my results. In fact, I have another quilt I am going to do this to next.

Here is a before and after picture. Maybe someone else could use this information. Just don't tell the Quilt Police I did this!!

Dina

I think the dark border that you added beautifully frames the original quilt and adds to its beauty!

Originally Posted by deanna.r

I think the dark border that you added beautifully frames the original quilt and adds to its beauty!

I really likethe addition, too! Great job!!

How clever! Thanks for sharing. Pretty quilt!

Love your quilt! What pattern?

Originally Posted by Katiedid2

Love your quilt! What pattern?

Oh dear, I am not sure what pattern. It was four years ago when I was first learning to quilt. Hmmmm, let me go look. Surely I saved the instructions from that class. Okay, it was a Split Nine Patch. That is all it says. Hope that is enough?

Thanks for the nice compliments, everyone.

Dina