mamagrande

I have problem with my border..I measured from the middle and cut my border to that size, it is now too long for the side.. I think that the problem is that the center of the quilt is a radiant star and maybe it stretched on the bias.... So do I go with the middle measurement of the side???

Gramie bj

After squaring up top. I would measure both sides and the middle, add three numbers together than divide by three to get the average use this number for border length. Good luck, hope this helps you.

DOTTYMO

Hard luck , at least it is too long rather than short so you can cut it down.
I agree with Gramie Bj .

ckcowl

square up the quilt top before adding your borders.

Tartan

Press the top and lay it flat on floor. Is the edge of the quilt wavy while it is laying flat? If the edge is already wavy you are going to have more waves after adding the border. Lay the border fabric along the longest side and see how much extra border fabric you have. Check the other side and see if it is the same. Place pins at intervals along the sides easing the extra fabric as you go. Put the top to the feed dogs as that will also help ease in the extra.
Will you still have a wavy border? Probably but try quilting it in a bead board design to use up the extra fabric and use an extra fluffy batting to disguise the extra fabric.

Doggramma

Don't do what I did. I put the long borders on the sides and it was extremely wavy on the edges. Then, stupidly, I thought I could quilt it flat. Well it didn't work. And I had to make darts in the borders to deal with the problem. So, in my opinion, cut the borders the side measurement (average).

Terri D.

I would go with the middle measurement, cutting the border to that size. Measure to find the midpoint of both the top and the border and pin there. Then pin at both ends and ease the rest of the quilt onto the border's length by pinning generously. It helps if you can do this on a large, flat surface. This allows you to distribute the bit of extra length in the quilt top evenly along the length of the border strip.

nativetexan

it may be best if you "block" your quilt top first since it is wavy. spritz it wet if necessary and pin to the rug or how ever you can get it to stay in place after making sure it's straight. each end should measure the same width or length. then measure for your borders and match centers and ends and pin, pin, pin. then stitch on. Good luck!

ManiacQuilter2

You have to be very careful with the amount of the difference. If is greater than an inch, what might happen is that the quilt top will poof up in the corner because of the tightness of the border. Having professionally quilted for others. I have seen it all. Not a pretty sight. If there is that fullness, try carefully to spread out the fullness evenly thru-out the entire length of the border.

nativetexan

I just found this http://www.threadbearquilting.com/wavyborders.shtml