Originally Posted by quilterella
Originally Posted by waladopa
I sent my first quilt top, an oversized king size log cabin, to a relative to quilt. She has a quilting machine and she said she would do it cheap. The problem is, I got what I paid for.
The quilt is ruined unless I rip out everything she did. The quilt is full of puckers.
Does anyone have any advice?
Should I just start ripping?
I don't want to hurt the relatives feelings but I won't be sending her anymore quilts to quilt.
This happened to me a few years ago, with my DD's quilt. I had sent it to a friend that was a LAQ and she did about 2/3s of it, charged me over $350.00 and told me I did a poor job. She had mounted it crooked on the frame and stretched it slightly, leaving puckers all over it. It took many hours to rip it out, I replaced the borders and quilted it on my Janome 6600. I learned a valuable lesson though...you do get what you pay for! It was a frustrating lesson, but, when I was finished, I was proud to give it to my DD, especially because "I quilted it". Good luck and be patient...it takes time. This is a picture of her quilt after I finished it.
It is true, you sometimes get what you pay for. . . but paying $350, you should have gotten a really good job!
A reputable LAQ should let you know ahead of time if she thinks there will be puckers in the finished quilt. That way, you have the opportunity to make the decision whether to make repairs or just take what she does for you. If your top is not flat, the potential for puckers is always present.
I recently tried to do a quilt which turned out to be 6" longer across the top than across the bottom. Needless to say, there was no way to get it straight, but after messing with it, I did manage to get it quilted without any puckers. She didn't want to take it back and fix it before the quilting.