Never has there been a more wonky quilt!
04-03-2009, 11:48 AM
#33
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Originally Posted by k3n
I get wonky borders because I have up til now just slapped em on and trimmed afterwards but only yesterday I read in a book the method Cathie describes!
It is hard to tell if the center part lays (or is it lies?) flat before you put the border on. If it does, then the center-measure method should work fine. If it doesn't, you could adjust or tame the "offending" bias triangles so the center DOES behave. I am in a similar situation with a Lone Star center - it has a slight wave in it and I know that it will not be flat. (So it is in a box until my patience returns.)
04-03-2009, 01:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Baren*eh*ked_canadian
I'm sure you guys are rght about the brown border, I should have measured across the middle, then cut it, that's the way I usually do it, but I didn't this time.
However, I think my real problem here is the inside border, it's kind of hard to explain on here, but if you look close, you will see that I have 12 identical blocks in the middle, and those are pp, and then I tried to copy the pattern onto the first border and I kind of had to make it up as I went along. You can see that my inner border does not actually line up with my center... I'm guessing if I take off both borders, square up all my rectangles in my inner border, and put it back on, I think it might end up more square. I'm not sure I'm willing to put in that much effort, though, lol!
AAAArrrrgh, ok, maybe I should, I just hate ripping out seams.
However, I think my real problem here is the inside border, it's kind of hard to explain on here, but if you look close, you will see that I have 12 identical blocks in the middle, and those are pp, and then I tried to copy the pattern onto the first border and I kind of had to make it up as I went along. You can see that my inner border does not actually line up with my center... I'm guessing if I take off both borders, square up all my rectangles in my inner border, and put it back on, I think it might end up more square. I'm not sure I'm willing to put in that much effort, though, lol!
AAAArrrrgh, ok, maybe I should, I just hate ripping out seams.
It depends on how much the ruffle is bothering you. If you haven't gone any further with it, I think it's a good indication that it is really bugging you.
I had one like this, it sat on my design wall for about a month, I just couldn't get the motivation to continue with it, and it was the same reason, things hadn't lined up and I wasn't happy with it. I did end up pulling large chunks of it apart and redoing them, and now I'm really pleased I did. The rest has "flowed", and I'm enthusiastic about it again.
04-08-2009, 05:53 AM
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Don't feel bad! I have been making quilts for 6 years and this is the first time I have had THIS happen. I have always said I hate bias, but now I am sure of it.
I am still waiting for the longarmer to tell me if it might quilt out, and if I should bother trying to add the flying geese border to it.
This is the Old Tobacco Road pattern. It is from Quiltville and I put A LOT of work into this. Now I think it should be called Bumpy Old Tobacco Road.
I am still waiting for the longarmer to tell me if it might quilt out, and if I should bother trying to add the flying geese border to it.
This is the Old Tobacco Road pattern. It is from Quiltville and I put A LOT of work into this. Now I think it should be called Bumpy Old Tobacco Road.
04-08-2009, 06:47 AM
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Originally Posted by judithb
Cool pattern. Was it like working on a zig saw puzzle?
As one quilting instructor always says, "Press it into submission"! It will be fine and only you will know!
Judith
As one quilting instructor always says, "Press it into submission"! It will be fine and only you will know!
Judith
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