Originally Posted by SuzyMcQ
Thank you so much to all of you for getting back to me so quickly. I found a chenille backed quilt on a blog. It's one large piece 45"x45" of cotton fabric backed by three layers of flannel. I sewed a diagonal and then stitched 1/2" from that diagonal, and so forth to quilt the piece, essentially. Then I cut between all the channels and am in the process of squaring it before I add the binding. If you want to see the quilt, here's a link.
http://www.aestheticnest.com/2010/08...ille-baby.html
That's why I'm having trouble and why I have a selvage.
Thanks again. Suzy
You're sewing on the diagonal (bias) which will distort the square. Never leave the selvedge on the fabric as it shrinks differently than the regular fabric. That is the first thing I do with any fabric, remove the selvedge, before I do any cutting. I have never made chenille so I don't know how to address the bias stretching you will have; I would probably use a walking foot. I know when I quilt on the diagonal I always start in the middle and switch directions with each row of stitching; which you obviously can't do with chenille.