Quilt Needs Extending
 

I need some help, advise, input: I made a quilt, had it quilted and gave not put the binding on it yet. My son saw it and wants it for his bed, I am only too happy to give it to him. The problem is I need to extend it to make it fit a king size bed, it is a little larger than a queen size. How do I go about this and make it look as if it all goes together. I know adding a large border but how do I get the batting and backing on and attach it to the quilt. Thanks in advance for helping me to figure this out.

Create a quilt as you go border..... I think this would be the easiest way. Treat the quilt as one block and the border as another .... Here is the link to the you tube site that explains how to join the blocks together.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ji8BLS2rNHA

hugs

Caroline

Another good one is thequiltingedge.com tutorial #6.

I'm extending a quilt I made for my daughter using this method. (And yes my binding is already on. :( )

Quilt As You Go with No Sashing Part 1: http://youtu.be/L_b9WjeP0mU

You could do it using the QAYG method. Just be sure to use the same batting as in the quilt.

Be sure to measure the rise of his bed so you known how long to make it. Mattresses are now taller and sometimes don't fit the usual measurements.

Remove the binding...you should still have a sandwich ( top, batting and backing) with a 1/4" seam allowance on both fabrics. Cut away the batting and add/sew flaps of fabric to the front and back using the seam allowance, obviously calculated to not only produce the new quilt size but taking into consideration any "extra" possibly needed to attach this enlarged quilt to a quilting frame. I then mitered all eight corners. I flipped the top back, carefully measured some additional batting that mirrored the new border, lightly sprayed the backing fabric with adhesive and carefully positioned the new batting onto all four edges. I then sprayed the top of the batting and again worked carefully to align the mitered corners. A few adjustment later and some careful pinning to prevent shifting... it was ready to go back to the long arm quilter along with the lengthened binding. I am pretty much a novice, learning as I go but with this quilt I learned two critical things: measure better ( not your mistake) and NEVER do this again...make a new quilt.