They all were somewhere in the neighborhood of 6" so I used a regular foot on my machine and I guess you could say , eyeballed it . There was a bit of stretch so I held up two blocks together, slid them around, estimated and then just sewed them without worrying about the straightness of the side edge. My sewing made the side edge as straight as could be expected. Some I had to cut a wavy warped edge off, it was too much and some I ironed to get them to 'wavy outwards'. The majority sewed pretty good with the sewing part. I truly learned a lot about manipulating fabric on this one. When I went to quilt it, I had to shave a little bit on all sides and kind of stretch it around on my longarm to keep it straight. I haven't measured , but it is probably not square. Personally, I would not rip it apart. I would iron it and stretch it around, gently though. I got a lot of movement on my longarm. If you use a domestic machine , tape to the floor to get square. I would love to see a photo of it to see just how out of square it is and to just plain see it. Dang this is a long message!
Originally Posted by
sewsincere
Beautiful Work! I love the way you quilted the string quilt. If I may ask how you deal with the old tops not being square. I have one for a friend that I need to quilt, but it is really out of square. I thought at first I would use borders, but I don't think I can make it square. I have agonized over whether to rip it apart and re-sew. Your advice is appreciated.