Originally Posted by
Tartan
[ATTACH=CONFIG]615305[/ATTACH]I have squared up ( sort of) a panel baby quilt to get ready to put on the binding. This panel wasn't too bad but invariably I end up trimming off the last solid border to get it squared. It went from 1/4 to 3/8 out but I kind of fudged a bit where it will be covered with the binding.
Todays panels are poorly woven and are extremely stretchy in my opinion. I have taken to using a very light stabilizer (like for t-shirt quilt) to keep them from getting wonky. I made a lovely horse themed quilt a couple of years back with a panel, and try as I might the first borders around the panel were awful. Then I realized it wasn't Me, it was the lack of quality in the panel. So I stabilized and finished the quilt. So much of todays fabric doesn't have the good thread count and thickness that the good fabric used to have. Do a stretch test on almost any new 100% Cotton fabric and it's flimsy and stretches almost like a knit. We are the victims of overseas standards now.