Originally Posted by sandpat
Oh Jan....I feel your pain and I feel just terrible for you!!! If it were me, I think I'd just let it win this round..take it to a long armer to have basted and then show the quilt who wins when you get it back and do the quilting.
I wrestled a few big ones and gotten sooo frustrated in the process! And mine were no where near as beautiful as yours!
The reason I don't take it to the long armer is the way they position it on their frame, When they set it up from the top it will change the pattern at the top and bottom of the back, in fact the bottom will lose the borders. Beleive me I would love to get that help. I really pinned this alot and that seemed to create more problems, In fact in the past I found minimal pinning around the center and all layers centers on all 4 sides were pinned together. Then alot of smoothing and checking as I quilted worked the best. This has been the most time consuming quilt I've ever made. Just choosing the fabrics for each square was a challenge and hours of sewing the squares and piecing the quilt. I will be one happy quilter when this is done. The reason I'm trying to perfect it is to enter in the fair in August.