Hello--
I'm hauling all my projects, completed and tops, to an assisted living place next month for a mini quilt show. I'll have several quilt tops to take; I'm delaying taking them to the quilter's until after my little show.

I'm worried about the edges fraying more than they are... any suggestions?

Thanks.

Karla, can you serge the edges, or sew around them with a zig-sag stitch? That would help keep the fraying to a minimum, and would be covered by the binding if it were narrow enough.

Could you staystitch the edges? :? Just run a tight stitch along the edges? Just a thought!

Fray-check - I use it all the time for applique and anchoring threads at the edges of blocks.. For large areas, I'd baste, too.

I was going to suggest Fray-check also.

Is that stuff at Joanne's?

I'd do a baste stitch all around the quilt.

If you use Fray-Check, make sure it is on the very edge and not into the seam allowance - it can get very hard, and I wouldn't want to sew through it. :wink:

Thanks for all the help!

I just sew about 1/8 from the edge all th way around.