Thread: I'm In Shock...
View Single Post
Old 02-11-2011, 07:51 PM
  #32  
sewbizgirl
Power Poster
 
sewbizgirl's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Mississippi
Posts: 25,995
Default

Originally Posted by EIQuilter
Another thought - was it 31" before you did the quilting or after? The quilting will also make a quilt shrink. I just did one that started at 51x66 and ended at 49x64.
31" after quilting. I measured it to cut the right length of binding. After washing it measures about 28.5". I can still read the scriptures just fine.

I'm getting used to it now. Really love the vintage look and feel. I'll just have to plan some extra size next time, to allow for shrinkage.

Thank you all for the compliments, too.
sewbizgirl is offline