margecam52

Make sure when smoothing the quilt on the frame, to keep your hand movements horizontal from the middle of the quilt to the Left/right side. You may find yourself smoothing in a diagonal direction, and actually pulling the sides of the quilt down.

Another thing. if the borders are wavy...pin and then secure the sides first as you roll the quilt. smooth, from the inside out, working in any fullness in the borders and securing the ends. Now, when doing your meander...work from the outside in..using a slightly smaller meander (not so much that it's obvious) on the borders, and increasing the size slightly in the middle of the quilt.

When I have a quilt with borders...and I know they are waving...and I have a seam somewhere in the border, that is where I make a tuck, if I have to. I secure the sides of the quilt...and then Stitch in the ditch on the seams seperating the border from the inside of the quilt top...and use a piano key type design for the border...lines about 2" apart. For the corners of the borders...I do a diagonal line from inside the border to the very edge...I put my piano key lines right to the mitered line. You can stop at the very end of the border section (usually a seam there where the side meets the top or bottom border, then put a design in the corner that is left open. If there is extra fullness still...go back with each roll and do a small meander in every other piano key section.
If you look on Youtube for Jamie Wallen, you will find some great helps.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=756YpBu-xuk

The above link will take you to Jamie's tutorial on piano key borders. I really like his corner treatment.

Marge