this is what a quilt teacher told me....measure from the middle of the quilt and deduct a whole inch. pin the ends and middle and then carefully stretch outer border as you sew (now too much or you get a rippled effect) I agree you could take off the outer border but then baste the bias to lay flat...gorgeous quilt.

I'm sorry it didn't lay flat, but it sure is beautiful

Wowzers--that is one gorgeous quilt!! Don't let border trouble get you down. Just set it away for a few days and make a plan... there are many good ones here. It's GORGEOUS and the uncooperative borders don't take one bit away from THAT!! Be proud. :D

Love the quilt!! Here's what I would do if this were mine.

Take off the outer borders. Measure across the middle verticle, cut those borders to that size, pin them well, then sew on.

Measure across the middle horizontal, cut those borders to that size, pin them wel l, then sew on.

Here's what I mean by pinning. Find the middle and quarter marks on both the border and the quilt body. Pin at those places, then find the 1/2 marks between each of those places. Keep going until you are well pinned. This will distribute any fullness from the bias. When you sew, put the body of the quilt on the underside of your seam. This will let your feed dogs feed the excess fabric as you go. Take a deep breath this is fixable!!!

This will stabilize your bias, give you a nice square quilt.

When you get ready to quilt this, lay the quilt flat on the floor, tape it square, then put some spray starch on the full areas. They will ease in to where they belong.

PM me if you have more questions! Shel

How pretty!!!!!!

Suggestion, next time do a stay stitch around the edges before adding the borders, it's supposed to lessen the wavyness and lay flatter. I haven't tried it yet, I just learned about it the other day.

I think that is a great quilt!! I hope you are able to get it the way you want it, but if not it still looks great.

Kyia

Pretty quilt, and I'm sorry about the border. I hope you get it worked out.
Emily

Stunning! Is that applique in the blocks? Hand or machine?
Good luck!
Jo

Your quilt is gorgeous. Let us see the end result. :) :) :)

I was going to give you the same advice as Shelley---pin, pin, pin and starch, starch, starch!!

What a gorgeous quilt!! You can fix this little problem--I have confidence in you. Do not let it get the best of you.

the quilt is beautiful! I am so sorry for your frustration on the boarder and I am to inexperienced to give advice. The lady I take some of my quilt tops to says she can hide a multitude of problems with heavy quilting. Please don't let this ruin the beauty of the quilt for you.

I have read so many messages and viewed hundreds of quilts over the last year, this is my first message. This quilt is absolutely breathtaking.
I feel your pain and know that you will not be happy until you get it perfect. Perhaps the bias cut is not the best cut for the border and it should be removed.
Anyway, it is the most beautiful quilt I've ever seen.

Try watching Sharon Schamber's videos before you do anything. She has very good tutorials on her website. One of them tells how to steam blocks into submission!! Maybe the same thing would work for the sashing. The quilt is stunning. Great job!

Lovely quilt! When I saw it, I had the same idea as Marla ... which is to make a narrow binding of the wavy border and NOT remove it at all. I don't think I've ever had a wavy border, so do not know if this would work of not, but have had my share of "lemons" that I've made into "lemonade".

If you are going to machine quilt, a strip of iron-on stabilizer against that bias edge may help. I wouldn't want to hand quit through it though. I have seen tricot iron on, but have never tried it.

What a lovely job. The flowers are beautiful

I just did a table runner with bias borders and the hint in the instructions was to use spray starch on the bias border and then sew so that the bias border is under and the quilt or next border is on top of the bias. The starch stabilizes the bias edge. There is less stretching and the bias will lay flat. It worked beautifully for me.

Good luck!

Forget the border. Starch on backside well with up and down iron. Use the border as binding. How did you measure the sides for the border? The quilt is beautiful,how much do you want the border?

I took off the green binding. I starched the heck out of the bias border. Then I just laid the green border down on the bias edge n did not measure and it worked out ok. I was going to put another red border on but chicken out. Let well enough alone. Thank you all

Weste:
The quilt is stunning!! I agree with all the remarks about the outer border. Take it off and use it as the binding if you like the color so much. I agree the pieced border should stand on it's own.
Your flower blocks are beautiful. I Love it, Love it, LOVE IT!!!
Penny

Awesome work... I really really like it... as for the border, just take it off and cut another one on the straight.... but I do like Patrice's suggestion though.

I have heard that if you spray the border with water and let it air dry, it may relax and not be so waffly.

Your quilt is absolutely so beautiful! Maybe it won't be so hard to get the border back on w/o stretching it. Would some kind of fabric stiffening spray help?

Shel::::good job and advice. That really makes sense. :)

Stunning quilt!! I agree with Patrice. good luck

can we have another picture now that you re-did? I knew you'd conquer that quilt....

I was at a quilt show and a lady had the same problem and an experienced quilter said to take off the last border then run a stitch thru the checkered border use that stitch to shear the fabric to fit the next border and she said it would be so gradual that it wouldn't be noticed

As a fellow sewer/quilter, I commiserate. I read where you took border off and put back on and your satisfied. I am so glad for you. If it were given to me, I would absolutely love it. :D