sylviasmom

Add the blocks you removed to increase the backing.

kacie

Depending on how high the bed is, you might consider leaving it at king size. When we had a queen sized bed I thought the queen quilts looked a little skimpy so I always used a king quilt or spread. But then, I like the to-the-floor look.

nananurse

I have some quilts that were made in the late 20's from my dad's side of the family that have neither a border nor a traditional binding. The backing of the quilt was turned up and over the bind the quilt. There isn't a pattern on some of them either, just two or three (depending on the size) flour/sugar sacks sew together to make the top. I agree with Sewnoma your quilt your rules.

meganc731

I checked out a book from the library recently by Julie Herman called Skip the Borders I thought the quilts looked nicer. So I say skip 'em!!

misseva

There are no borders on my mother & grandmother's quilts either. They were all scrappy. I like scrappy & hate making borders so I usually don't - just make more blocks. And they always folded over the back to the front for binding. I like that too.

MargeD

Quilts do not always have to have borders. Too bad you had to "unsew" those blocks. I like to make my quilts a little larger - my first king size quilt was 110 x 110", as I wanted some of the quilt as my DH was a quilt hog. LOL. Also when asked to make a quilt for our DGD my DS and DDIL said she was getting a twin size bed. Well, fast forward to a month or two after finishing the quilt top (I had to take a break as I had shoulder surgery and couldn't quilt it), they changed their minds and put her into a full size bed. Imagine my joy when I measured the quilt, which already had border put on that it really was a full size bed, good thing as I was just finishing putting the binding on before we left to give it to her on Christmas Eve.

cathyvv

Are you quilting on a frame? I quilt most of my quilts with backing only 2" larger all around. If it's not enough, I sew an additional 2 or 3 inches all around the backing and then mount the quilt. When I'm done, the extra fabric is cut off anyway.

If you're not quilting on a frame, I can't think of a reason why the same technique wouldn't work for you.

Good luck!

cathyvv

Good idea.

GailG

I've already seen an old quilt that had the whole sandwich turned under to the back in a double hem. It wasn't very thick, perhaps had flannel or an old thin blanket as batting.

charsuewilson

I would second the "don't worry too much about the size." As long as the quilt is not dragging on the floor, it's not too big. I made a quilt for my parents double bed that is technically king size, because at some point, one of the children or grandchildren will have it and will have a larger bed.