fullness in the blocks on a quilt
 

I am quilting this quilt the blocks are 15" and it is a star so it does not lay flat there is fullness like it puckers in places. You don't realize this stuff until you get into quilting it. I am quilting on a longarm. I would appreciate any suggestions and hope someone can help me.

There are some tricks for taking in fullness as you are quilting on a LA. Some use starch. They spray the area while it is on the rack and as the starch dries it takes in some of the fullness.

There was a product out there called Glide 'n Go. It was a clear oval of plexiglass you placed around the hopping foot and it smoothed out fullness as you quilted. Unfortunately the website is no longer active so i don't know if they went out of business.

Personally I would try the starch.

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When I first started quilting on my longarm and had a part-time business I had one customer give me a quilt that was one large star. The pucker was very evident once on the table. After researching on the internet and found a suggested answer, I added a small amount of batting in the center of the star. I also did a large, swirly pantograph which also helped to control star center. I thought it came out rather good. The customer had said this was her first quilt(it had other flaws also) and she didn't mind what I did to get it quilted. She was extremely pleased at how it came out.

I place two small water bottles on either side of my longarm and it is usually enough to smooth out the fullness as you quilt. For a lot of fullness, you may need to go to vegetable cans. They are heavier.

I use bags of dry beans. I usually start at one pound and can go up. When the fullness is in the borders, I roll extra batting just in the border. I don't quilt the extra batting it is just lay it down on top of the border as I roll the quilt. It takes the extra fullness out usually.