Help... Problems with cutting a Panel
#1
I'm just so frustrated right now I could just spit!
I ordered 2 panels. (to use as backs for 2 lap size quilts) I should have had them cut them apart, but I didn't. Big mistake.
Now I can't seem to get them lined up so I have the same amount of fabric on all sides to cut them apart. They don't seem to have been printed correctly on the fabric either.
The picture is in the middle and they have a beautiful frame around them. I want to keep the frame intact. I've tried to line up the frames but then the fabric does not lay flat.
How do you/have you dealt with this?
I ordered 2 panels. (to use as backs for 2 lap size quilts) I should have had them cut them apart, but I didn't. Big mistake.
Now I can't seem to get them lined up so I have the same amount of fabric on all sides to cut them apart. They don't seem to have been printed correctly on the fabric either.
The picture is in the middle and they have a beautiful frame around them. I want to keep the frame intact. I've tried to line up the frames but then the fabric does not lay flat.
How do you/have you dealt with this?
#2
Wow, I have the same problem with some Civil War general panels I bought to include in a quilt for my brother. They are printed so close to the edge, if I used a 1/4 seam allowance, I would lose the printing. Also they are not the same size. Anyway, what I have done is to applique the panel to the fabric I was going to use as sashing. That way I was able to maintain what is important. Perhaps you can do something along that line? It also allowed me to adjust the amount of sashing to keep the blocks uniform in size.
#7
Originally Posted by amma
Starch it heavily and then pin it to the carpet, to get it to dry straight. :D:D:D
#8
Originally Posted by amma
Starch it heavily and then pin it to the carpet, to get it to dry straight. :D:D:D
The panel and the boarder will be making this quilt back. It looks so nice, I'm not going to be surprised if the back gets used as the front. That's why it's kind of important to have it look straight.
This board is the greatest.
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