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I use 505 spray baste to sandwich the layers. Have not had any pucker/fold problems even when using flannel for backing.
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I notice that when I have a heavier loft batting I get more puckers. I do find when I wash it and it gets all crinkly anyway the folds are invisible.
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To me, & looking at your photo, looks like you are not keeping the fabric flat at the seam. Look at the seam behind where you have already stitched it. The seam is not flat & that will cause the rest of the top to travel while sewing & cause the pleat. I hold both sides of the seam taunt & now & then, with needle down, lift the presser foot & jiggle the fabric just a touch then lower the foot & continue. This has always worked for me.
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Originally Posted by feline fanatic
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One thing I have not seen anyone mention... By the look of the picture you are on the very edge of the quilt out in your border area. Did you measure your quilt through the center and then cut your border to that measurement? Or did you have a long strip of prepared border (even pieced) that you sewed to the edge of your quilt then cut off once you reached the edge?
If the latter, this method often results in wavy borders with excess fabric. The excess has no place to go and often results in pleats like you pictured. Your pleat almost looks like that is what may be contributing to your problem. |
Forgive me if I'm repeating another's advice, but have you checked the presser-foot pressure?
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Originally Posted by Manalto
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Forgive me if I'm repeating another's advice, but have you checked the presser-foot pressure?
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I also have done queen size quilt using a walking foot, and I agree with tesspug and cjsews. Use your hands to ease, distribute the fabric away from the front of the needle as you go.
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Hmm... I guess I'm not sure what you mean by pulling the back part down. Which would mean I didn't do it. Can you elaborate?
Thanks, Karen |
I haven't had any problems with folding or puckering since I started using Sharon Schambers' board basting technique. That fabric doesn't go anywhere! I also flatten with both hands as necessary while quilting.
I love that method because it works and I can do it on the tabletop in a comfortable chair. I'm getting too old to crawl around on the floor with a bad back and wonky hips. Here is a link to the tutorial: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bhwNylePFAA |
Originally Posted by kjackson
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Hmm... I guess I'm not sure what you mean by pulling the back part down. Which would mean I didn't do it. Can you elaborate?
Thanks, Karen |
Originally Posted by Jennifer23
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I think they're referring to the IDT, if you're using a Pfaff.
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One thing that I haven't seen mentioned yet is to steam the area that you are quilting. Use your iron to try to shrink the fabric slightly and eliminate any fullness that may be developing in the top layer. I'm doing this now on a quilt that I'm working on that has one block that's a little bigger than it should be and doesn't want to lay completely flat. Ironing it with lots of water and steam seems to be helping. Besides shrinking the block slightly, it is also reactivating the basting spray and helping it adhere better. Good luck
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Something else that may have happened -
The backing was stretched very tightly - and then the backing and top layers were just "smoothed" over it - When the backing is released, it will cause the upper layers to "pucker up" a little bit and then they will pucker/pleat because there is "more" fabric on top than on the back. |
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