Originally Posted by
carolaug
Oh...I just read this is a chevron quilt. I just made one also and boy working with the bias on that one was hard!!! I had the worst time putting on the borders. I have not quilted mine yet...next weekend. This is not a quilt for a beginner...I made it to see how hard it would be for a girl at work that wants to learn to quilt. Nope....that is not a quilt for a beginner.
Really? My first one went together easily and turned out beautiful. I think this one has a number of things contributing to the problem, using precuts being one thing. If I stretched the back, wouldn't it have less puckers instead of more? I think I have decided to just stitch in the ditch the whole thing. the only place this quilt lays flat is on the seams. I think that means my precuts were not all 10 inch squares as promised who knows. There is a deal in this house. I am allowed to spend what ever I want on quilting as long as I sign my work. I don't want to sign this one because it is so bad or maybe I'll just sign it "zyngawf." I also know I have another one coming up to be quilted that will have similar issues. I made snails trail and I can tell this was not for beginners and none of the quilt blocks have turned out to be the same size, yet I refuse to abandon the project. Any ideas on how to quilt that one?