SusieQOH

Hi everyone, I have a problem.
I made a quilt 60x60 to put on a wall. Charisma quilted it for me. (beautifully of course)
The border isn't straight. It's a wide black border.
I don't know what to do. I was getting ready to put the binding on and then hang it
but I don't think it's going to look right as is. If I trim it to be straight it won't look right.

Any ideas?
Thanks in advance

Susie

tessagin

can you show a photo?

SusieQOH

[ATTACH=CONFIG]581228[/ATTACH] Here it is.........

SusieQOH

Hard to tell by the photo but it's bowed

nativetexan

it only looks like the one at the top is wavy. did you cut it the exact length and pin in center and ends and then pin in between? that helps a lot. you may have to spritz the quilt and then block. or remove that border and trim and re sew.

SusieQOH

I don't remember- it's been a couple of years. I may just take the black border off. Thanks for looking at it.
All the borders are wavy

rryder

You may be able to block it. I have successfully blocked quilts with bowed borders. I have a design wall, but you could do this on a carpeted floor or head to a home supply store to purchase 1 or 2 sheet of insulation foam (it comes in 4' x 8' sheets.

i put a white sheet on my design wall and then use a water soluble marker to mark a square/ rectangle that is larger than the quilt. Use your biggest square ruler to make sure all 4 corners are true 90degree angles.

then lay your quilt outn your prepared surface, pinning it as you go and using the square you marked as a rough guideline. Next spray water on the quilt until it is damp all the way through-- you don't need to get it sopping wet.

once it is damp begin to gently stretch it toward the edges that you marked and pin it to the surface as you go. You may need to go around the perimeter of the quilt several times before you get it good and square. Let it dry overnight.

hope that helps.

Rob

SusieQOH

Thanks, Rob. I have a feeling it happened when I made the mitered border. I'm not very good at them.

GingerK

It could be because the quilting in the center is denser than the quilting in the border. Denser quilting causes the fabric to draw together more. And because it seems to bow up in the center of each border it seems logical to me. I don't think it had anything to do with your mitered corners.

Tartan

Try spritzing it with water and blocking it first. If that doesn't help, you might try adding 4 more borders QAYG but do them wonky so the whole piece is angled and the borders less noticable.