Edie

Good Morning! I need some help as soon as possible. I finished sewing the blocks, I got out my handy dandy quilt tying table and pinned the whole thing down, and it is all buckled on the underside. I have done this a million times, but I have never had so much problem with this backing. I pride myself on a smooth tied backing and I have gone over this several times and cannot get it to lie straight. It is a gift for my neighbor and the whole sampler has been designed around her as a neighbor, friend, trips she and her husband have taken, a Minnesota block and I want it to be as perfect as possible. The only thing I can come up with is pin the center block (15 blocks, 3 across/five down) and tie it, and then lay it on the table and work diagonally around the center block and end up doing the last four corner blocks. But I wouldn't pin them down. I would pull the fabric on the hoop to smooth the block, batting and backing out and then tie it down. Does this make sense???? I hope so, because I am so close to being done that I can taste it, but I just can't keep the backing flat. HELP!!!!!

Thanks in advance. It is going to rain today. My outside work is done, almost, and it is going to be a perfect day to tie this little puppy down. Any help you can give me as soon as possible would be ever so appreciated.

Thanks all of you. Edie