Oh dear, I am not sure what pattern. It was four years ago when I was first learning to quilt. Hmmmm, let me go look. Surely I saved the instructions from that class. Okay, it was a Split Nine Patch. That is all it says. Hope that is enough?

Thanks for the nice compliments, everyone. :)

Dina

So happy to see that you had a great idea that worked out beautiful! I really like your quilt - the design and the colors. I'm so happy you could make this work.

I really likethe addition, too! Great job!!

Looks good. another way to handle the problem is
1. rotary cut the binding off.
2. With one seam, add a new border to the front and a batting strip and additional backing to the back.
3. press.
4. Trim if needed.
5. add a new binding.
My way (which I have done for similar reasons) is a lot more work and not necessarily any better. DH, who is my person quilt cop, sorta insisted.

Oh, my! I can see why you didn't want to retire this quilt! It's wonderful to look att and that is a very ingenious method of enlarging the quilt.

As for quilt police - bah, humbug!

Thanks for confirming that this can be done and still look wonderful. I have a quilt that barely covers the new mattress that we recently purchased that is inches deeper than the original. I have been thinking about do doing exactly what you did. Now I know it will look great when finished. Thanks so much for sharing your idea.

I think your fix for your problem was great, so much so that I copied your post and saved it. The quilt is beautiful and I have to agree with others, the addition makes it pop.

Beautiful. BrendaK

Great job!

PM me if my instructions aren't exact enough, but it wasn't hard, and I just sort of made it up as I went.

Dina