Originally Posted by
meyert
I am not sure if "birthing" is the correct term... when you sew the quilt right sides together leaving a spot to turn everything right side out. I have done this with receiving blankets and was happy with how they turned out. But I don't know how large of a quilt I can handle doing this. Has anyone done this with a twin size quilt? How about with batting? I am going to put a ruffle on a quilt that I am working on and I have never done a ruffle using the birthing method, so I wanted to try something new. But I don't want to get in over my head. This is a twin size quilt and it will have batting. Any thoughts?
I've gone it to a king sized quilt. But I don't do all the elaborate "birthing" moves. You simply stick your arm in and reach for the corner on the far side, pull it out. Then reach in to pull out the corner on the left side, pull it out, then stick your arm in to pull out the corner on the right side and pull it out. Oh, one more corner left--------pull it out. Lay quilt flat and smooth it out then pin to press into place.
Don't let the "delivery room" police scare you.
Skip the "birthing" stuff. Not at all necessary.