Originally Posted by
Barb in Louisiana
I saw another thing you did which was to pin a lot more closer when going down the sides than I have been doing. I have been pinning every 3 or 4 inches. I'm thinking that is leaving too much slack. I have been tending to work the "fluff" (love that word) out by pulling the corner to stretch it, when I should have been easing it in. All the seams inside the quilt tend to not let the middle stretch at all, so only the side borders can stretch, which is another part of the whole equation.
I do pin very close. It really helps when I baste the top and sides down. The more pins I use, the less fullness I have to worry about. I pull out one pin at a time, as I come to it. I'd rather over-pin and be able to work in any "fluff" (love that word, too!) than to have tucks from not pinning enough.