If you asked the question, I think you really do know the answer that is right for you!

For some things, there just is no short-cut or quick fix - that gives a decent, long-lasting, satisfactory result.

Some things just HAVE to be redone if someone else is ever going to see them. Mascara on your eyelid and wavy quilt borders are two of the biggies. Set aside an afternoon and make them right. You won't regret it.

You could try to shrink them by spraying them with water they are really wet. let them air dry and they may shrink to get rid of the waves.

You're speaking my language! And I do not like to redo things at all, but that's just me. I've handled it by adding tucks (the border was really wavy and the border fabric was a busier fabric - I couldn't even find the tucks after it was quilted); doing a tighter piano key type quilting in the wavy areas; and having the fuller part against the presser foot when I attached the binding, working the fuller part in by slightly stretching the binding. After my quilts are washed they are pretty flat.

..just bite that proverbial bullet and do the right thing...that is rip and resew correctly......you will be proud of yourself and the quilt will look great!

I know exactly how you are feeling. I have a wall-hanging that I *know* I need to remove the borders and measure and do them correctly. It is a real pain but one of these days I will do it. I would always notice the problem.

Sometimes the problem is not "just" the border, but the body of the quilt. If the main part of the quilt is stretched in any way and that can happen if you are working with blocks that have biased edges, then you need to adjust the length of your borders to reign everything in.

I just finished a baby quilt where I had a similar situation. When applying the binding, I pulled it a little taunt and when all was done, the border was just fine.

Cut the borders off and don't have any.

That's a sure and quick solution too!