question about a possible repair
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Hello... I finally made myself a quilt. And its big! I wanted it to be big. I sent it to be longarmed and she did a great job.... BUT my borders were not so great
One side is really bad - she had to fold the material to get the quilting completed.
What I am thinking is that maybe I can seam rip the quilting on the section of the border and the seam to the body of the quilt Then I can cut some of the material out and make a new seam to remove the extra fabric.
In my mind this seems doable - painful and sad but doable... but I wonder about the quilting and if it will all come undone if I rip some of it out
what do you guys think? Will the quilting all start to come undone if I rip out some of it on the border?
One side is really bad - she had to fold the material to get the quilting completed.
What I am thinking is that maybe I can seam rip the quilting on the section of the border and the seam to the body of the quilt Then I can cut some of the material out and make a new seam to remove the extra fabric.
In my mind this seems doable - painful and sad but doable... but I wonder about the quilting and if it will all come undone if I rip some of it out
what do you guys think? Will the quilting all start to come undone if I rip out some of it on the border?
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Is the pleat across the whole border area or in a limited spot? Did you already attach the binding?
Would it work to trim down the borders to eliminate the fold/pleat?
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Was the top wavy before it was sent to the quilter?
Would it work to trim down the borders to eliminate the fold/pleat?
If you can post a picture, you may get more responses to solutions.
Was the top wavy before it was sent to the quilter?
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I also agree. If it is for you personally I wouldn't worry about it. You probably won't even notice after stitching flat.
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Me three. Either way you do it, you'll have a seam there. You might as well take the easy option and do it as Eparys describes, rather than ripping the quilting out, re-doing the seam, re-doing the quilting, and trying to tie off all the cut ends.
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