I am making 7 table runners to send to Australia for Christmas . Is there a way to NOT make the edges wavey? Elaine

By measuring through the center of piece before putting on the last border, you will be able to cut down on the "wave" quite a bit.
The next thing to consider is the purchase of a walking foot. It is better at keeping the layers moving together.
Another thing to keep an eye on is how you are handling the binding or anything ... a lot of time, we get into a lot of trouble on the long runs of joining because we have personal control issues.
We pull the top layer on joining a border, too tightly. Lighten up a bit on your hand control. Even when one cuts fabric on the straight of grain, it can be pulled out of shape.
Another method is to lay the border on your piece and pin in place.
if you measure the middle, many times, you will find that the edge you are attaching the border to is longer ... not a problem .. now, you can use control issues! <G>
put the longest piece on the bottom and ease in the excess. do not try to stretch the border to the quilt, ease the quilt into the border.
If the binding is causing the rippling? Check the stitch length as you are attaching it.
Your length of stitch must lengthen out to accomodate all of the layers that the needle/thread is going through. You may need to lessen the upper tension also ...
Hope this helps <wave>

Your gifts are beautiful <g>

Those are great, and your quilt holder is pretty cute, too!

Renee

Those are awesome!! Great job!
Your helper is soo cute! :D

Those are beautiful. Someone is going to be lucky to get them. Your quilt holder is so cute.

These are just lovely...and your helper is cute as a button!

Thank you , I had to fight with him to hold them; he wanted to take the picture.
I use a walking foot on them. I will try lengthening my stitches. I am folding the back over to the front for the binding. Thanks I will try out your suggestions.

Your quilt and holder are both adorable!!! :D :D :D

I starch my bindings stiff LOL and I use a walking foot, lengthen my stitiches to 2.5 and because they are stiff, I put them on top of the quilt and pin them every 4 inches or so unless I glue baste them. Knock on wood, I can now wave my waves away LOL

If you are folding the back over to the front, I would starch the whole back stiff...and be really careful how you handle the edges while quilting it... mine got wavy from grabbing onto the sides. I roll the edges and grip the rolls while quilting in between them.. If they still have a little wave, I would put the quilt on a table, and lightly spray the back all around the edges with water and hold the iron slightly above it and see if it will shrink back into shape.

You may want to try sewing one row of quilting lines one direction and then come back up the opposite direction instead of going round and round the edges in the same direction, too. That will distort the edges and make them wavy too.

They are sooo nice - are they coming to me? LOL Great job!

I think they are for me. But it is a surprise. :lol: :lol:

Very nice and your son is sooooooooooooo adorable.

Your runners are pretty. Your little quilt holder is cute.


ranger

Beautiful runners!!! I love the little quilted stars you did!!! And that has to be the cutest quilt holder I've ever seen!! :D :D

I love them! And such a cute kid!

I like I like.

Beautiful gifts.

Your little guy is getting SO BIG! What a cutie he is.
The runners are very nice and colorful. I know the people who are recieving them are not going to notice any flaws in them. I love them!

Thank you , all so much for your nice comments. They are going to Springvale ,Victoria. So if any of you in Australia can get to the postman, you can try to take the box away from him. Some of the stars got a little odd shaped ; I was doing them free-hand. But I guess if you look up to the sky, they are all shapes anyway. My little grandson loves going to the fabric shops, he is a good helper at picking out fabric; and every quilt I make is suppose to be his!

Thank you so much for these hints!!!!!

Those table runners came to me and my children each had a choice of which one they wanted. They are wrapped withthe things their Auntie makes them and I am pretty proud of my little sister too. shes 10 years younger than me so she will always be my little sister!!and now she is hassling me to get started on the quiltmaking, i so far have stuck to sewing clothes for my children when they were young and now for my grandchildren. Love u Elaine.

Beautiful. I notice 2 are spoken for. Can I claim a third???

Nice gifts.