Wavy borders - need suggestions for long arm quilting
03-29-2014, 08:13 AM
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I would not fix unless the quilter OKAYS it, and then make sure you charge $10 an hour, including the time it takes to rip, sew and re-press the top!
If she wants you to just do 'the best you can' I would charge extra. It's going to take you additional time to manipulate the fullness.
If you have any, I would add a layer of a fluffier batting just on the borders, and quilt a piano key easing the fullness as you go.
Just located this video. The woman is a genius!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPHsBYa36W0
If she wants you to just do 'the best you can' I would charge extra. It's going to take you additional time to manipulate the fullness.
If you have any, I would add a layer of a fluffier batting just on the borders, and quilt a piano key easing the fullness as you go.
Just located this video. The woman is a genius!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPHsBYa36W0
Her solution to the prob is excellent.....and the finished quilt is lovely....when I run across a wavy border along with planning a design that will "eat" that fullness, I will raise my speed just a bit...more stitches per inch will also pull in some of that fullness....
03-29-2014, 10:47 AM
#23
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Location: Western North Carolina
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I'm glad you called her to have her fix the borders. I think you did both of you a favor, she learns why the borders need to be done right, and you have saved yourself a big headache both now and in the future!!
I have had to send quite a few people to the border tutorial. See the links forum.
I have had to send quite a few people to the border tutorial. See the links forum.
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