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Well............I just made a very large queen that had something like that going on. When I layed the whole quilt on the floor it was hard to get it too lay truely flat. Mainly I had very small triangles as one of the borders. The triangles made the quilt though. The bride and groom did not seem to care and the quilt looks awesome when on the bed and none the wiser. So when you lay it on the bed how does it look? I would just leave it.
A BIG congrats on finnishing your first quilt top and a King sized one at that with ambitions for 4 more. That is quite a feat for making one for the first time. I made a twin quilt the first time around and there were moments I thought I would never finnish and I definitely could not think of ever starting another one. I think you must be well on your way to becoming a quiltaholic. Post a picture we would love to see the top. |
It is a home-made gift from you. Don't say anything to the recipients. It is your beautiful creation!!
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The quilt may not be perfect, but the love that goes into it - IS..
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I had the same experience with a quilt I finished last Fall. This tip helped a little: pull corner-corner and it might help a little.
A tip I learned at Guild to prevent that; measure each border as you put them on. When adding borders, be sure to start in the middle; not at the end. They all said this is true, but no one had a good reason for it. This helps keep it "true." Constant measuring and trimming if it isn't exact is how to overcome it. When I had that experience, I actually took the quilt apart and started all over. It was stupid of me, but I felt everything just HAD to be perfect!(big mistake) Enjoy! Mariah. |
The bed is rectangular, so no wonder a rectangular quilt looks good on it!!! If the quilt had been square as in a wallhanging, it would not have looked good on the bed--it would look odd, like you had laid a wallhanging on the bed! People are rectangular and we like to cover with a quilt, soooo, you made it perfect!!! Congrats!
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Congrats, would love to see a photo. I would leave well enough alone as well. As the saying goes, we are our own worst critics.
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Irene,
My first quilt top was so crooked it looked like the Eiffel tower. But it looked terrific tucked in. So that is the way I used it. Of course others have taken its place but everyone that saw it, loved it! No one said anything about crooked...... |
I prefer rectangular quilts to square quilts. No idea why. As for the blocks - so they are not square or perfect, but they are done AND you are learning as you go. I bet that if you don't tattle on yourself, nobody will question you. We are our own worst critics sometimes. I would finish the quilt and give it to the proud recipient sealed with Mother's Love. It's all good.
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I don't think I made my self clear. I mean that when I fold it it isn't square. If you put the corners together, then the quilt is lopsided. If you fold it from the center, and let it hang down, then the corners don't meet. they are off by about two inches or so. Thee only way they will know that it's not right is when they fold it up. Hope this is more plain.
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thank all of you for being so kind. I will post a picture. Then you can tell what to do. again thanks.
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Beds are not square so leave it be.
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Not to worry. I, too, have done this same thing and NOBODY but me noticed. Non-quilters didn't even know what I was talking about when I pointed it out to them and ladies that have been quilting 70 years and better told me they made some like that too!!!! Just call it a good job, give it with love and learn from your mistake. Happy Quilting.
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Oh, I see what you mean! Sorry I didn't understand the first time! Did you use a big square ruler to square it up before you put the binding on? If it is off by only an inch or so, I would leave it.
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Originally Posted by irenecarter
I finished a quilt top for one of my five children and still have 4 to go. The problem is, I put it on the bed (king size) and it looks ok, but when I try to fold it up it's not square. I asked some ladies at the quilting guild what I should do and got different answers, but one said that if it looked ok on the bed to just leave it. To fix it I will have to take it completely apart since I tried to square up the blocks not realizing that doing so wasn't right since they aren't square to start with. If you think I need to post a picture I will, but I'm ashamed that I made such a gruesome mistake.
I've been sewing for over fifty years but this is the first quilt top that I have finished, although I have two others started. I didn't have a pattern and thought that a log cabin would be so easy since it looked like that it was just a matter of sewing strips on each side. I didn't start out with the right size square, and they turned out to be longer then they were wide, and when I turned them to make the pattern that I wanted, well you see my predicament. Yes, the seams match and the pattern looks good on the bed, but it's not square. So what would you do. I sure hate to take it all apart and start over since it's so close to Xmas and I have so much to do. Any suggestions on how to make this work? picture of quilt in question [ATTACH=CONFIG]104079[/ATTACH] picture of quilt in question [ATTACH=CONFIG]104080[/ATTACH] picture of quilt in question [ATTACH=CONFIG]104092[/ATTACH] |
I have never squared up any of my quilts. Nothing in this life is perfect. Why go nuts trying to?
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