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Your color choices are great, and your quilting is beautifully done.
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Beautiful work Helen!
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This is absolutely beautiful! Congrats on a wonderful job!
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Hello everyone. I made a big OOPS. I wanted to make a reversible quilt so I used large squares the size of the blocks on the quilt top to make the back. Just as I finished I had a lightbulb moment and realized I had make the back the exact size as the front. I know I need approximately 5 inches all around to quilt on the longarm or even a domestic. Can I add a temporary border then take it off when I am done quilting?
If not I guess I can just use the back for a totally different quilt and start over on the back. Any Advice would be appreciated.Tags: None
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That would work, but there is a chance that by the time you have quilted all of it, the edges will probably have shifted some, and I seriously doubt that all the edges will line up exactly, so all four sides may need to be trimmed a little. If that's not a problem with your design, you could certainly give it a try.
I'll show you what I mean. I recently did this quilt on my long-arm. This is the pieced back and I was able to get the center of the back lined up absolutely with the center of the front. It was loaded so that I started quilting at the bottom edge of the quilt, and by the time I got to the top, the backing had stretched a little in the center, and you can see that the seam at the top is not exactly straight, but has a slight bow in it. If I had been more aware, I might have been able to ease in that 1/2", but it may have caused tucks in the backing, and I think that this is less obvious. If the top and backing had been the same size, this side would have needed trimming. As it is, this is the back, and I said that "finished is better than perfect!"
It's Not What You Gather, But What You Scatter
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Margo...that is the back of your quilt??!! Oh...wow!
Sugarmuffin...yeah, what Margo said. If you can afford to trim a 1/2 inch or so off the front you should be okay.
(My quilt fronts don't look as good as Margo's quilt backs...I'm done quilting... that's it...I'm packing up my machine and putting my stash on ebay)
It's Not What You Gather, But What You Scatter
That Tells What Kind Of Life You Have Lived !
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Oh, no! Barbara, please don't go!! :wink:
I was just trying to show that it's do-able, but there are likely to be issues! I made my first quilt in 1963, so I've probably had more practice than you, and that's what it takes for most of us to produce more complicated projects.
I encourage everyone to do the best you can do with the skills you have today. Continue to learn something new with every project, and your skills will be better for the projects you do tomorrow!
It's Not What You Gather, But What You Scatter
That Tells What Kind Of Life You Have Lived !
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Thanks Margo. I can't trim off the front so I think I will rethink the back. I have learned from this mistake but it isn't too bad as I can use the original back for a new top. Best mistake I have ever made. :-)
Yours is beautiful even with the bow.
It's Not What You Gather, But What You Scatter
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I am glad this subject came up because I am thinking of piecing my backgrounds. I suppose if I had thought about it, Margo, I would have realized that keeping the back lined up right could be challenging, but I may not have thought about it until I actually did the first quilt or two with pieced backs. :roll: Thanks for showing us your beautiful quilt back with the bow.
"Neglect not the gift that is within you..." -1 Timothy 4:14
Betty Jo
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visit sewingandbeyond.com and take a look at my friend MaryAnne Ciccotelli's quilt - "Generations Unite" She spent a lot of time getting the back and the front to line up. If you send her an email and ask for directions on how she accomplished this I'm sure that she'll give you some direction.
TeriTeri
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I wish I knew who originally said this so I could give them credit, but one of the sayings that I put on the GRAM SAYS quilt for my grandchildren is:
Whether you think you can, or think you can't....you are right.
With all the encouragement and help available here on the forum, and Sue's wonderful directions, I hope that everyone feels like they can make a Ruffled Roses quilt. We can do this!!
It's Not What You Gather, But What You Scatter
That Tells What Kind Of Life You Have Lived !
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I have the same problem even though I don't make 2 sided quilts.
I like to attach my label before I quilt. I always cut away the fabric behind the label and place it in the lower left corner of the quilt.
My problem is that I find it impossible to layer the quilt top, batting and backing so that the label is parallel to the side and bottom of the quilt - it always looks a bit askew.
So far, I have solved this problem by attaching my label a LOT askew so that it looks like a design choice. And sometimes it is, but ...
I would like to know how to do it the right way.
BethMI
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Hmmmmm.....I think that depends on how you are finishing your quilt, but because fabric DOES stretch, the only way to get around that is to wait until you get to that corner before you place the label and cut away the backing. Even if it's quilted on a long arm machine, the corner with the label could be just basted until the rest is finished, then fold back that corner to attach the label, and proceed to finish quilting over it. It would be awkward, but I think it's do-able.
It's Not What You Gather, But What You Scatter
That Tells What Kind Of Life You Have Lived !
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I noticed today there is only one post. So here is my work. Fun little blocks.
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Please inform if there are any instructions for the outer border . It uses the template B from the Centre block, but what...
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Your color choices are great, and your quilting is beautifully done.
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Beautiful work Helen!
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This is absolutely beautiful! Congrats on a wonderful job!
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Finished quilting yesterday! This was my first time to use spray baste. I sprayed each layer outside and then assembled...
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So Sorry! I accidentally deleted my last post trying to edit and re-add a smaller photo so it would show up, which also...
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Hi Barbara, I’m just wondering if the running stitch around the appliqué flowers stitched prior to quilting or is it...
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I think because 80% of the pattern was revealed in the first 4 months these last months feel like they are very slow. Agreed...
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Done for now
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Photo is too big. There is a post at the top of the 2024 BOM forum with help for posting photos
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I tried to attach a picture under show your progress and it showed that I attached it but didn’t show up in my post only...
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