sherylb

My lone star is not flat in the middle! I was so careful ! What do I do?? Making an eagle lone star for my son's Eagle Court of Honor on Aug 8th!

cjsews

If it is not too bad try plenty of spray starch. Then hold your iron slightly above it and steam well. I hope this can work for you

sherylb

Thanks! I will try that.

ManiacQuilter2

I know there is a technique for getting that center pieces to lay flay. Have you look on Google for any u-tube videos??

mermaid

I was told once by a 'master' quilter, that the center will almost always flatten out with quilting. I've found it to be true with the few stars I've done--tho I haven't done a lot of them, they always seem to pucker in the middle.

sherylb

I went back and checked all my seams converging on the center. There were two that were not the correct 1/4 inch. Once I corrected this , the center is now perfectly flat . Thank you all for your suggestions.

Onebyone

The piecing has to be accurate. It's amazing how one off seam can cause a lot of problems.

mamagrande

I made a radiant star and had the same problem but decided that taking it apart and trying to fix it would only worsen because of the bias...so I left it and since it was just for me I am hoping that the quilting will fix some of it...anyway I don't think that you could see it from a galloping horse..lol..