Wavy Binding
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Wavy Binding
My quilt is 100% cotton, pieced and lightly quilted with Aurifil. It was laying quite flat. Then I sewed the binding to the front, turned to the back and hand sewed to the back. Now the quilt has wavy edges. What could have caused this? This was my first binding.
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Is the binding straight of grain or bias? Bias binding stretches and can cause waves. I also like to increase my stitch length on my machine when I sew binding on. Too many stitches per inch at the quilt edge can also cause waves.
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If your quilt was truly laying flat before binding .... what you have described could be a sign that the binding was pulled too tight as you stitched it in place.
IOW that the binding is now shorter than the quilt it is attached to
...... and now the two are fighting it out and causing the waves!
IOW that the binding is now shorter than the quilt it is attached to
...... and now the two are fighting it out and causing the waves!
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If your quilt was truly laying flat before binding .... what you have described could be a sign that the binding was pulled too tight as you stitched it in place.
IOW that the binding is now shorter than the quilt it is attached to
...... and now the two are fighting it out and causing the waves!
IOW that the binding is now shorter than the quilt it is attached to
...... and now the two are fighting it out and causing the waves!
When you add your binding, lay it on the edge with a little tug, hold that tug in place as you sew up to your fingers. It needs to be taut as you sew.
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In the same sense, it could be that she pulled the edge of the quilt taut against the binding. Thus stretching the quilt edge, which would then make the border and binding wavy.
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