Anne Que Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 Hi All, I can handle a wavy border. Or so I thought. Now I have a quilt on my Millenium and the border is so bad that I really do not know what to do with all the space. It is a very wide border too which makes it all the more difficult. I don't know if you can see it on the pictures I included. Is there anyone who has experience with this and has an elegant solution? Anne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primitive1 Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 Anne Que, for some help, look at another strand going on called "What a mess", she had the same problem only with the entire quilt and is getting it to quilt out beautifully, also do a search on Bonnie's starch and steam, it really does help although I will admit this looks like a very friendly quilt with all of the waving this border is doing! Keep us posted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Que Posted September 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 Hi Vicky, where can I find - what a mess-? I did not see it in this forum. Anne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckeindl Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 Here it is: http://www.apqs.com/quiltboard/viewthread.php?tid=18473&page=1#pid216810 Good Luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Que Posted September 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 Thanks Cathy, well, eh.. she did a wonderful job, I must admit. It is reassuring. But I do not understand a few things, (being not American). What is SID and CC? And how can I find Bonnies starch and steam method? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckeindl Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 SID is stitch in the ditch CC is continuous curve Stitch in the ditch is just that, quilting directly in the the seams around the pieced shapes and CC is quilting a half circle (or alot of variations evolving) from corner to corner. See http://www.sallyterry.com/documentFiles/5.pdf for the sequence, also see more information about Terry's Twists with this link: http://www.sallyterry.com/utility/showProduct/?objectID=5 The spray and starch method, I've read before, but not able to find it?! Maybe someone else can help you there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbigailE Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 Bonnie is on this forum, she put out an amazing DVD on Starch and Steam method. Contact her for this very necessary technique/tool in your studio. Signed a great fan, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primitive1 Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 Hi Anne Que, Take a look at this strand of posts and there are directions, pictures, and several links that may help you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primitive1 Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 Ooops! Forget to add the link! http://www.apqs.com/quiltboard/viewthread.php?tid=8702&page=1#pid90324 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 Look at the quilt that Betsy just posted and you can get some ideas about how to ease it in. What worked for her was piano keys and then stippling in to pull in the border even more. It is a great solution. Here is the link to Betsy's post: http://www.apqs.com/quiltboard/viewthread.php?tid=18473 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Que Posted September 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 Thank you all, I have asked Bonnie by email to mail me the DVD with her fabulous method. The problem is that my customer wants stars, big stars in the border and I have done that already on the upper side. I tried a little to ease the space away with my steamiron and it worked a little. But there is so much space that I cannot avoid a few folds here and there. This was my customers first quilt, can you imagine? She has never had lessons and has never heard of measuring a border very carefully before sewing it on. Well thank you all again, I feel helped a lot. Anne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewlinzi Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 You could still do the stars in the smoothest areas then a micro filler up to them - if you can spare the time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 I would do just like Linzi suggested. Stitch in the stars and stipple around them. The stippling will pull it in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koala-T Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 I agree with Linzi. I just finished a quilt that had very friendly borders. All I could do was a small meander and it did pull it all in. I talked to this quilter, showed her pictures, finally found out she didn't measure, she sewed the border on and cut it. Plus, the corner were mitered, which didn't help any!! Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizziesgirl Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 Bonnie's method is great, you'll love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bekah Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 I think Linzi and Heidi and I are all in agreement that if you stipple around the stars it will help ease in the fullness. I had one customer quilt before Bonnie's method and I just carefully hand stitched the folds down and you couldn't see them, but that was before I knew any other way. Just breath deeply and know we have all been there and survived. Keep us posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Que Posted September 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 I will have to ask my customer. What I did now was make a fold with all the extra space and stitched it down. It looks like the border has a seam. And because the fabric is quite varied you hardly notice. You can't do that always I suppose, and I have already asked Bonnie to send me her wonder method. This is not the first and most certainly not the last quilt I will get with wavy borders. I consired to add a description of - how to sew a border on a quilt - on my website. I already have a sort of description of how they should deliver their quilt ( like cutting all the threads and ironing the quilt ànd the backing) , which hardly anyone follows up by the way, but I can always try. Thank you everyone for your kind concern. Anne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 It will be in tomorrow's mail. Let me know when you get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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