Originally Posted by
feline fanatic
1" is way too much to ease in. Especially if you plan on loading this on a frame, it will cause you untold amounts of angst and grief. Yes it will also result in wavy edges. I speak from experience here.
Are all 4 of your pieced borders too big? If so then you can put a narrow inner border to account for it as petthefabric suggested. If you post a pic of it we may be able to offer some other suggestions.
I had this problem last year. My long-armer said it would be baggy and I needed to fix it. I added half an inch to the quilt before the border. That just added to the background, and worked very well.
You could also put on a tiny border all around the quilt, as in a 1/4 to 1/2 inch of gold, red, black etc. to frame the rest before your pieced border.