AZ Jane

Half of quilting is taking apart. Everyone gets to know their seam ripper very well. It is a given!!

Snooze2978

For kids' quilts I had the same problem, just not long enough to suit me as children don't seem to stay small for long. So since I had extra scraps, I added little square blocks between white for added length and width. On the scrappy quilt I just stitched a bunch of extra scraps together and added them to the top and bottom for length.

wildyard

I often sketch my quilt on graph paper once l know the width of the rows/blocks. This gives me an idea of the finished size and where l want to add length and/or width. Borders, piano keys, 4P, etc are all great ways to go.

applique

I like to do a border of applique to dress it up and get the extra length.

mic-pa

I almost always add another border to just the top and bottom before I put the final border on. It makes it longer and as others said it looks intentional

luvstoquilt301

Those are some great ideas.

Pinkiris

So many patterns produce a square quilt! I don't know anyone with a square bed!! We need to become adept at enlarging quilt tops, either by enlarging the squares, adding more rows, or getting creative with our borders.

romanojg

Or you could make the part that's together like the center and design a border around them to get the length you need. It's so hard when going by patterns or getting measurements for something. I have 5 kids, a standard throw that most patterns say buy 2 yrds of fleece for wouldn't work. I had to buy 3 for each of them because I think a throw should cover all of you. It was quite expensive because the fronts were NFL fleece and then I did the solid on the back so that it was cheaper. Good luck and I hope you come up with a great solution that doesn't cost you too much time.