how to make a quilt grow????
 

Hi everyone. Here I am lurking again and I just know one of you lovely ladies will have an answer to my dilemma. I made a quilt for my niece's daughter 2 years ago. It is a single bed size. However with a change of house and larger rooms mum has updated to a King single and wonders if I can extend her quilt to still be useful. My first thought was to add a ruffle behind the biinding but extending down perhaps another 6 -8 inches. Do you think this would work or is there a better was, hopefully without removing the binding as my time is limited caring for an aged father. Hopefully I will enclose a photo of said quilt.

a ruffle would work- or you could do a *quilt as you go* border- attaching with sashing strips - either way is do=able...good luck & looking forward to the pictures.

I made a quilt for our bed and it wasn't wide enough so I pieced a 'strip' about 12 inches wide for each side, quilted it to match the quilt, bound it on the bottom and ends then, without removing the binding of the original quilt I added it to the side of the quilt, sewing in the ditch of the original binding. It worked great and looks great as well! (Is this clear as mud?)

Maybe your niece could buy a coordinated solid color bedspread to lie under it. The twin sized quilt could lie on top of that? I seem to remember someone making that suggestion on another thread. I have no idea if it would work.

Dina

Too obvious, that I didn't think to mention this .... I do that with my Christmas lap quilt .... I flip one of my full bed quilts over to the back, and then put the lap on top. It pretty much fits the top of the bed. I get to enjoy the lap more than if it were in the family room folded up or draped over the couch .... and if I want to "use" it, it's only a few steps away to retrieve. A perfect way to --s-t-r-e-t-c-h-- a quilt out! (and to minimize the costs for a new look!

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Suggest that the twin size quilt will now be perfect for using as a couch quilt.

Some people seem to have no idea of what is involved in a request like that.

I tried to post a pic., but seems my tech skills aren't up to that yet.Any quick tips???

Thanks for your ideas. I am tossing up between the QASG extension or the ruffle. It always helps to have a few ideas tossed about. I probably wouldn't go to the trouble but a beautiful great niece is pretty special . I have pleasure in making her and her mother happy.Thanks again !

I would suggest that she get a solid coloured quilt for the bed and use the twin as a bed runner. Would look neat and save a lot of work for you. ANd the child still has her special quilt.

It seems to me it would be easier to just make a new quilt the right size. My quilts are not made in a way that it would be easy to take apart. And I don't like "kluging", so I would just make a new quilt.

I think getting a coordinating bedspread and laying it on top would be the wisest thing to do. I have a king sized bed and I think that's what I'm going to make for it. I don't want to worry about cleaning a huge quilt.

I just extented one by putting a piano key border around it. I didn't even remove the binding i just covered it up. It really turned out pretty. Sorry I don't have a picture, it was for someone else. The border was 9" but you could do any size to make what you needed.

With it already a finished quilt - and using it on a smaller bed, just use it as a coverlet like one other person said here - using it over another quilt - or bedspread, or the bedrunner idea is great! Many ways of getting around having to add on.

How nice that she wants to still be able to use the quilt and isn't just going to put it in a closet somewhere.

I got a thin solid white (but can be any color) coverlet as the "base" cover for each of my beds. They are lightweight and it makes it easy to make the bed. I can then display whatever quilt I want on top of it -- sometimes opened up and sometimes folded. I change the quilts at least seasonally and I make shams or throw pillow covers or pillow cases to match for a coordinated look. I've also started making bed runners or lap sized quilts rather than large quilts. They are easier for everyone to handle, less time-consuming to make, less costly, and more fun to make. My attention span seems to be getting shorter all the time -- I've decided that I must have something I call "Adult Onset Attention Deficit Disorder" -- too many things I want to do!!!!!!!

I think it would make a beautiful throw at the bottom of the bed. It can be pulled up to take a nap under (when you don't want to mess up the whole bed) or as an extra blanket on a very cold night.

I wouldn't want to risk ruining a finished quilt by trying to do more to it. This is a pretty involved request, IMO.

I'm thinking -- bed runner. Maybe make some shams or throw pillows to match it and it will be precious. It will be a coordinating set instead of something that might look mended if you try to add on to it!

I wouldn't try to amend to a quilt. I think it will look like that is what you did--but that is just me. I'd go with what most have suggested and use it as a runner at the food of the bed. Or draped over a chair.

Why not use the quilt as a bed scarf at the bottom of the bed. Use a bedspread or top sheet to match the quilt colors!
Luann in CT