Help!! How to Enlarge a Finished Quilt
03-29-2011, 04:09 AM
#31
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Originally Posted by june6995
A friend asked for help. She does hand quilting and assembled some embroidered blocks into a quilt as per customer's request. Did the hand quilting and bound the quilt. The customer was thrilled.....until she put it on the Queen size bed.
It did not fit! She wants 8 inches added to each side.
How would you solve this problem? Would the strip added to each side have to be 3 layers? and quilted. Would you remove the binding? or would you find another way to attach it to the quilt. The owner is buying fabric to make the extensions.
I had made a quilt which I used on a twin bed. In the move, I went to a full size. The quilt fit to a point. It was a bit too narrow. I added pre-made eyelet ruffling to 3 sides, which made it just the right size. The ruffle went well with the quilt pattern. Just a suggestion. Marge L.
My solution was to tell the customer to make a dust ruffle to tuck between the mattress and box springs. Perhaps there is another solution.
Ok, let's hear your solution to this problem.
June in Cincinnati
for Joyce in Missouri
It did not fit! She wants 8 inches added to each side.
How would you solve this problem? Would the strip added to each side have to be 3 layers? and quilted. Would you remove the binding? or would you find another way to attach it to the quilt. The owner is buying fabric to make the extensions.
I had made a quilt which I used on a twin bed. In the move, I went to a full size. The quilt fit to a point. It was a bit too narrow. I added pre-made eyelet ruffling to 3 sides, which made it just the right size. The ruffle went well with the quilt pattern. Just a suggestion. Marge L.
My solution was to tell the customer to make a dust ruffle to tuck between the mattress and box springs. Perhaps there is another solution.
Ok, let's hear your solution to this problem.
June in Cincinnati
for Joyce in Missouri
03-29-2011, 04:58 AM
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I agree with everyone here, customer should have made her instructions clearer. It seems to me that she doesn't have a clue has to how much work this is, and it may not look good on the quilt after it's done.
03-29-2011, 05:08 AM
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I enlarged a finished quilt and it wasn't that difficult. It was long enough, just needed more width. I made a strip for each side, sandwiched and quilted the size necessary. I didn't piece the addition, because the fabric lent itself to my using a strip the width and length needed. I didn't remove the binding, but sewed the strips by stitching on the binding seam. It makes a little added interest to have that line of binding. I am very pleased with the result and it was easier than I thought it would be. Hope I have explained this well enough. (Is it clear as mud?)
03-29-2011, 05:15 AM
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The sa,e thing happened to me---I did take the biding off, added 8 inches all around ahd hand sewed the extra batting strips on. Now my DIL has decided she wants vines added to the extensions so I'm appliqueing those before I sew the extra pieces on.
Good luck, Kutnso
Good luck, Kutnso
03-29-2011, 06:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Barb_MO
I had the same situation with a customer order. I did add a border for her, but it was almost as much work as making the original quilt. An earlier time the same customer wanted a ruffle added to a finished quilt. I did that, but don't recommend that .
Unless the work size was your fault, I would tell a bed skirt is the only option.
Unless the work size was your fault, I would tell a bed skirt is the only option.
03-29-2011, 06:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Kutnso
The sa,e thing happened to me---I did take the biding off, added 8 inches all around ahd hand sewed the extra batting strips on. Now my DIL has decided she wants vines added to the extensions so I'm appliqueing those before I sew the extra pieces on.
Good luck, Kutnso
Good luck, Kutnso
03-29-2011, 07:50 AM
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Warning, I am new to posting,
My answer to a short quilt is to make a pillow cover.
I make mine 24" by how ever long it needs to be..You can make yours any size you want. It makes it easy to make your bed, you can get rid of all those extra pillows that wind up on the floor. You just move the pillow cover to the end of the bed. And the bolster covers are only good for one thing.
This also saves money$, if you put a sleeve on the back you can also use it for a valance for window or shower curtain. you can even use it for a table runner!
You can incorporate the quilt blocks, add applique, beading or you can just use the quilting pattern.
The french have a very elegant word for this but I don't remember what it is. My GGM had a very old one when i was young, that I wish I had today. Monia
My answer to a short quilt is to make a pillow cover.
I make mine 24" by how ever long it needs to be..You can make yours any size you want. It makes it easy to make your bed, you can get rid of all those extra pillows that wind up on the floor. You just move the pillow cover to the end of the bed. And the bolster covers are only good for one thing.
This also saves money$, if you put a sleeve on the back you can also use it for a valance for window or shower curtain. you can even use it for a table runner!
You can incorporate the quilt blocks, add applique, beading or you can just use the quilting pattern.
The french have a very elegant word for this but I don't remember what it is. My GGM had a very old one when i was young, that I wish I had today. Monia
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