Originally Posted by
Buckeye Rose
I just finished a quilt for a customer, adding an additional border to meet her size requirements (she measured). She loves the quilt, which is a huge relief, but when laying out on her bed, she discovered it doesn't drop enough to cover the mattress....a few inches short on each side. I am just not sure what I can do to fix the problem. I thought about making a ruffle and adding on three sides, thinking that might be the easiest. But am just not sure. Has this ever happened to you? and what did you do to make it right? Thanks in advance for any help.
Ok this was a discovery we made in a similar circumstance. Add another border by treating the binding as an "eyelash" is what we call it. It is like a cording! So make the border, back it leaving extra backing on side to be attached quilt it all before adding. Stitch it under the binding leaving the backing piece free. then after stitching through the same stitching as the binding fold the backing fabric over and hand stitch to hide the seam. Bind the new border and you are done. MAKE SURE TO CHARGE THE CUSTOMER EXTRA FOR ALL THIS WORK!