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.