Originally Posted by
Gramie bj
This sometimes happens to me. I have just started to make my last border about 1 inch wider all the way around. I think it may have something to do with how even the tension is when we roll the top and backing on the frame. This is just a guess on my part. Good thing I only quilt for myself. LOL
Ditto Gramie bj..... I have the same issues too. I believe that we pull the top as we are quilting and rolling it. This could cause the top to start moving out because so much of it is cut on width of fabric which is stretchy, and me pulling the top to keep it straight. I float my tops which might also, cause the problem. I am going to try cutting all my borders along the length of the selvedge, called straight grain of fabric, which is much more stable and not nearly as stretchy as WOF, to see if this could stop the stretching from happening. I noticed on the last two quilts I quilted, that the stretching occurred in the last 1/4 of one side.
A lot of quilters baste the quilt down the sides before they start quilting, I just pin. My older Nolting does not have a lock so my side basting isn't as straight as I would like it to be.
I hope an expert answers this so we will all know what the real solution is.