Teen

Ditto! 1 1/2 in to too much off and would drive me crazy until I figured out what went wrong. You may need to just square up your quilt top but that much off sounds like to some pieces within the design is wonky... Don't sweat it tho...easily fixable. You could do a pieced border using quilt scraps.

newbee3

I would remeasure the quilt and the borders to make sure there was no mistake. I have done that and found I had in deed made a mistake. You also could make cornerstones for the corners it would involve cutting the border and then adding the cornerstones it would not look silly.

tranum

I make a lot of quilt tops for our church and I often skip the “measure” step before attaching a border. I’ve found if I pin the border every 6” to 9” then the border doesn’t seem to be wavy.

Boston1954

I agree with cornerstones. It will look like you planned it.

Jingle

I also would add cornerstones.

klswift

That is an awful lot to ease in. Do something 'on purpose' to make the borders longer. Cut them in half and add a piece in the middle of each, cut in thirds and add a piece (my favorite for balance) or do something in each corner. The point being, make it look like a design element instead of a mistake - no one will every know!

MadQuilter

Measure across the quilt toward each edge and in the middle. Add those three dimensions together and divide by 3. That gives you an average. Then cut your border to that average length. That should be less to have to ease.
Also, make sure to distribute the extra across the entire width (I usually mark both pieces in the center and between again). Then I pin A LOT. Make sure to put the longer piece to the bottom as the feed dogs will help pull in the extra fabric. If you are worried that it won't work, you can always run the seam with a LARGE basting stitch (like 5mm). That way you can take it out EASILY if it doesn't work. And if it does work, you just sew over it again with a regular stitch.

RedGarnet222

It sounds like a bias problem that has been pressed wrong to me. Those little buggers grow by themselves if you just look at them wrong. I would go with the color key in the middle of the border too. It may add a little interest too.

JanieH

My first thought was cornerstones also.

I have been interested in reading other comments about how this might have happened and how to prevent. Always something to learn here!

Tothill

I am curious which pattern did you use? I made a quilt with lots of bias edges, squared the blocks, went on a 2 month trip, came home and the blocks were no longer 8.5 inches. I was not impressed. I sewed it together and although it should have been square, each of the 4 sides was a different length.

By this point done is far more important than square.