Originally Posted by june6995

A friend asked for help. She does hand quilting and assembled some embroidered blocks into a quilt as per customer's request. Did the hand quilting and bound the quilt. The customer was thrilled.....until she put it on the Queen size bed.
It did not fit! She wants 8 inches added to each side.

How would you solve this problem? Would the strip added to each side have to be 3 layers? and quilted. Would you remove the binding? or would you find another way to attach it to the quilt. The owner is buying fabric to make the extensions.


I had made a quilt which I used on a twin bed. In the move, I went to a full size. The quilt fit to a point. It was a bit too narrow. I added pre-made eyelet ruffling to 3 sides, which made it just the right size. The ruffle went well with the quilt pattern. Just a suggestion. Marge L.

My solution was to tell the customer to make a dust ruffle to tuck between the mattress and box springs. Perhaps there is another solution.

Ok, let's hear your solution to this problem.

June in Cincinnati
for Joyce in Missouri