asabrinao

Hi, All,

A friend of mine recently gave me an-almost-finished quilt that she asked me to help bind with her. She's a new quilter. The top of the quilt looks great, but the back has a lot of puckers. We talked about ways she can avoid puckers and drag in the future, but I'm wondering if there's anything we can do to smooth out the puckers on this one, if only a little. I'd hate for her to tear out all the quilting she's done and start all over.

The worst of the puckers probably have about 1/4" excess fabric. There might be 1/2" on one or two of them. I've thought about folding them over, pressing, and then doing a little slip stitch. Or maybe hand-applique-ing some patches?

The quilt is for her college-aged son, so it will probably get moved around and laundered a lot.

Any tricks?

Thanks!