Originally Posted by TexasGranny
I am going to press and hand baste the edges of my next quilt. Because I hand quilt in a hoop, I find the borders do stretch after all the handling. Tape ... I never thought of that. Good idea..I would also try heavily starching the triangles. Maybe that would control the bias some more.
Here is a handy trick that might help you out. When you finish quilting and
before you get your binding on, sew a ribbon, the kind that is only 1/8-inch wide, and sew it down the edge of your quilt. Like the borders, you need to measure through the center of the quilt to get the proper length and width for the ribbon. Once you sew it on, simply add your binding as usual. The ribbon, because it was sewed to the edge and is only 1/8-inch wide, will be completely covered by the binding and no one but you will know it is there. I'm not quite sure why but it really helps to keep a quilt from waving at us.
I know when I am piecing, often I will starch my fabrics pretty good and that usually keeps any of the units that are on bias from stretching. Things like diamonds almost always get starched to death and I haven't had too many problems.