Originally Posted by
auroraivy
I went ahead and removed half of the side stitching and all of the inside connections from front/filling/back that I had randomly placed throughout the entirety of the quilt -
It sounds like you did not baste the quilt before quilting it? You need to lay the backing down somewhere flat, make sure it has no wrinkles. Then lay the batting on top, again smoothing out the wrinkles. Then lay the top on and baste your quilt. You need to baste it, otherwise the layers will shift and you will get wrinkles and loose edges.
There are many ways to baste a quilt. You can use basting spray, which is basically a sticky spray that temporarily keeps the layers together. Some people don't like it because it stinks. You can baste with pins, or you can baste with large stitches. There are lots of different tutorials on the internet. Hopefully you'll find one that appeals to you.
