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    Old 04-20-2015, 05:21 AM
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    You need to contact her and either show her the pictures or have her over to where the LA is. I had this same problem with poor workmanship and even after telling this client that since her quilt did NOT lay flat and that I would have to take tucks (she didn't measure her borders), I ended up refunding her payment. Sometimes it is NOT worth the problems this can cause.
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    Old 04-20-2015, 07:13 AM
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    If I were the client I would appreciate a phone call or an invitation to come over and take a look at it. I would not want you to lose money and I would like the opportunity to make my own decision about the quilt. If I could see what you are up against it would help me understand and learn how better to make my quilts n the future. Good luck!
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    Old 04-20-2015, 08:17 AM
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    if I was the piecer, I would appreciate a call - and suggestions on how to make it behave better.

    If I was the longarmer, I think I would return it - along with an explanation of why I am returning it.

    I am not a magician - although some longarmers seem to be!
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    Old 04-20-2015, 08:23 AM
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    I read a suggestion from another quilt I know about steam pressing the fullness out right on the frame. I've had to do that on a few of mine when my border and even a block or two came out with way too much fabric. Steaming helped quite a bit, enough that I was able to quilt with no problems. I'm now in the market looking for a hand held hopefully cordless steamer to keep in my quilting room. I hate lugging my iron in every time I need to steam out fullness. I don't wash my fabrics before I make my tops so I know I will have some shrinking which is good news for me in this case.
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    Old 04-20-2015, 11:21 AM
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    Thanks Snooze. I'll definitely give that a try. She liked my design proposal, so it looks like I have a plan. Hope I can pull it off.
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    Old 04-21-2015, 08:44 AM
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    Piecing problems aside, I think it would have helped a lot if the top had been properly pressed before it was brought to you.

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    Old 04-21-2015, 11:52 AM
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    I thought some of you might like to see the end result. Not the whole top of course (I'm not that quick ) but I finished the first row of rings. Here is the same section I showed in the first post in this thread, after quilting (and steaming the heck out of it first). Thank you all for your advice.

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    Old 04-21-2015, 11:55 AM
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    Looks like you accomplished a miracle.

    The quilting looks great!
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    Old 04-21-2015, 12:44 PM
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    Amazing! I wouldn't have believed it.
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    Old 04-21-2015, 02:13 PM
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    Wow, that's a great job! I hope your customer will realize that you solved an unsolvable problem.

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