This is a BOM I did that was originally published in McCall's Quilting magazine and is the one and only BOM kit I have bought. I hand pieced many of the blocks and all the applique is hand turned, so naturally I decided to hand quilt it.
Now for the BIG question. Will you quilt it for me?????? Just kidding, I'll finish it one of these days. The real question involves the bottom right corner and this seems to happen on many of my quilts. The corner turns up, like the quilt is curving back on itself. I tried to get a picture of this and I hope you can see what I am talking about. I have wondered if I am pulling the binding too tight and that is what makes it curve. Yes, I did put the binding on this before I had it quilted, but I basted it really close and I did not want the raw edges getting more raw as I worked with it. Maybe when it is fully quilted, or the basting threads out, or I steam it like crazy, it will lay flat. But do you ladies know what I might be doing wrong?This weekend I went on a trip to Ashville, NC to watch my daughter run her first half marathon - WAY TO GO ELLEN! The weather was fabulous, and she sure made me proud. I will close with a few pictures from the race. For those of you who are novices to Marathons like me, a half marathon is 13 miles and she ran it in 2 hours 35 minutes, or thereabouts. Now this run was up some very steep and long hills, as Ashville is in the mountains. I am so proud of her!
Before the race - and yes, we got there BEFORE the sun was up. We wanted to be on time, lol. The race began at 7:30am.Here she is sprinting for the finish line. (I would be crawling by now - oh who am I kidding - I would still be sitting drinking water at the first water station!)
And here she is with her medal. Can you believe she is still smiling? She could even still talk when it was over. Happy stitching,
Teresa
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Hi there Teresa, not sure how i found your blog, but here I am.I thought you might like to pop over to my blog to see the quilt you have just posted as I have a photo of this very quilt! Click on May, scroll down a wee way and you will see your quilt, well not yours, but the same.I finished quilting it a while ago for a customer.As for you question? All I could think of is you have slightly stretch the binding when attaching it.It will be interesting to see what others say
ReplyDeleteI think it looks great, good luck on the quilting. Sorry I can't help with your question.
ReplyDeleteI don't make many quilts for hanging but when I do I put a sleeve on the bottom edge and a wooden dowel to give it a little weight and stability. Japanese hanging scrolls have ceramic weights with silk tassles on each end of the dowel which looks cool.
ReplyDeleteTeresa, your quilt is beautiful! I too have experienced the problem you describe, and yes it might have to do with inconsistent tention on the binding. Usually the problem is solved for me when I wash my quilt and dry it flat on the floor, but if you don't want to wash your quilt there might be a few other things you can try on that corner;
ReplyDelete1) Press the h... out of it with a steam iron - this is the least effort solution, and might not work...
2) You might try stuffing it with some yarn - have a look at this post at Rosemary's blog: http://appliqueandpatches.blogspot.com/2007/08/binding-fix.html. I have never tried this, but Rosemary swears by it :o)
3) Stitch a support to the backing - i.e. a folded triangle in each of the bottom corners to support a bamboo rod you lay along the bottom edge of the quilt.
Best of luck to you!
Hugs and stitches
I love your quilt, I do remember when that one was offered through McCall's. I agree that the problem might just be the binding, typically I bind mine with strips cut on the straight grain (parallel with the selvage)making sure not to pull too tight. If you don't relish the idea of re-binding you might want to dampen the whole quilt and block it with a carpenter's square and T-pins and letting it dry undisturbed. Best wishes; it is a beauty.
ReplyDeleteI've never put the binding on before finishing the quilting...so this is just a random thought. Could it be that by that uou have bias triangles that are getting stretched when putting the binding on or quilting? I always recheck my quilts after quilting to be sure they are still square. My blog is located at oregonquilt.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteI've had this same problem. I usually just steam it to death. :) But my friend puts a sleeve on the bottom with a dowel in it like someone earlier mentioned. blessings, marlene
ReplyDeleteA marathoner! I am so proud of her too, wow! I love your Robert Callahan quilt...I made one block, then put it aside...wonder where that block went to? Love yours, your hand work is fabulous.
ReplyDeleteThanks for being there for my run, Momma!! I love you so much!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful quilt! I don't blame you for hanging it before the quilting was finished - why wait? :)
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