OK, here's the one I enlarged for a client. His mom had made this rail fence years before, and he wanted it to fit his queen bed when she passed away. It's hand quilted. Please ignore the blue marker, I hadn't washed it yet

Sure, that will work. Just remove the binding and piece the new top border and backing on. Also whip stitch the edges of the batt together so they don't pull apart after quilting. Do the quilting and rebind.

Sandy

The third quilt I made had a ruffled skirt. It made the quilt too heavy to sleep under. But removing the quilt to go to bed wasn't something I wanted to do every night, and where do you put that pile of fluff? Keeping the skirts unwrinkled was impossible. I ended up giving it away to my sister, but she too wouldn't use it.

I took a wall hanging that no longer fit in the room's decor and enlarged it into a lap quilt for Hospice. I saw a video by Sharon Pedersen on THE QUILT SHOW. She sewed the "new back" and the "new front" onto the existing quilt (right sides together back to back, front to front). Then in the existing seam allowance she added the "new batting" by doing a serpentine stitch WITHIN the seam allowance - don't go too wide and go into your new seam. I've done it, it's easy, and it works well. Then, you can quilt your added portion, trim it, and bind. I oversized my added portions so I could trim them evenly afterwards for binding.

This is how I do all my quilts....make the center 1st, sandwich and machine quilt, then add borders and quilt then bind.

I enlarged a quilt for a friend.

I just added a border (just sewed
it to the quilt) and then quilted
by machine.

J J

I have enlarged a small quilt. I added backing, batting and borders to a crib quilt. I made the batting about 1/2 inch smaller than the backing and border material. Then sewed it onto each side of my quilt, just like you would on a "quilt as you go" project. Then to complete my border pattern (because the quilt had already been quilted) I just sewed straight lines about 3/4 inches apart up and down the new border section. Then added my binding and it looked great.

I am planning on enlarging my daughter's quilt within the next week or so-plan on going with quilt as you go and make 16' wide pieces dwon the side and 10' across the top-will be frech seaming it together but on the top not the back as I can work it into the motif I am doing-good luck with yours. Georgia Bonesteel is famous for quilt as you go -try looking her up on PBS.com

If you remove the binding you should be able to easily butt the batting up against it after the new border has been added. I do this all the time on my long-arm, and it works on FMQ also.

Here's one I just made bigger