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Wrestling with a wave at the bottom of quilt
Ok, I just finished squaring up my knight quilt that I have spent more than two years making. Granted, it was made mostly while I was working and the time I spent on it was occasional, but still, I have a lot of hours in this quilt.
I discovered to my dismay that there is a fairly substantial wave at the bottom of my quilt. :?
I know why these things occur...differences of quilting densities (needed to make the textures right in this landscape quilt), stretching during construction (likely), and since this is a landscape quilt with lots of odd shaped pieces, the piecing may be partly at fault (quite likely)...or all of the above (why didn't I see this back before I quilted it....sigh. This quilt has been one problem after another and I will be glad to finish it. Funny how some quilts just flow together nicely and others fight you the whole way. :x Perhaps it's the knight...he is clearly a fighter. :lol:
Nevertheless, I have a wave and am not going to be able to go back, frog, and remake that part of the quilt...it's too far along...it's basically finished and heavily quilted! So I have tried steam...it stayed flat for a few minutes until I moved the quilt, and then popped right back up. I am currently trying wetting down that part of the quilt...I didn't want to wash this quilt for a wide variety of reasons related to the materials and methods used in making it. I have now got it drying after squashing it down with a flat weight. You can see the photos in my personal blog here:
http://blog.bjfabricartist.com/
I hope it won't pop right back up the second i lift it from the table. I tried some stay tape that is designed to prevent stretching in shoulder seams, etc, but it didn't make any differenceand it seemed it might get in the way of the binding, so I took it off.
I may try taping it with blue painters tape to see if I can hold it together until I can put in some stay stitching. If you have any other ideas how I might fix this, I'd love to hear them. I want to enter this quilt into the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival. Send your good wishes wafting my way.
"Neglect not the gift that is within you..." -1 Timothy 4:14
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Looks like 'Sir Quiltalong' is a little frisky and won't behave. What's going to happen to him? If his destiny is to be a wallhanging I'd add a sleeve top and bottom, and push a rod (something heavy at the bottom) through both sleeves. I bet that way you win the squirmish.From the edge of Sherwood Forest, home of Robin Hood
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Oh BJ, I am so sorry, and after all that work. I have no idea how to fix that I just wanted to commiserate. What about Sharon Shamber's method where she starch shrinks a block. I don't know if it would work on a quilt that has been quilted. But it is my only meagre suggestion. The quilt looks wonderful nonetheless. Rita. X
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Originally posted by ReetzbobeetzOh BJ, I am so sorry, and after all that work. I have no idea how to fix that I just wanted to commiserate. What about Sharon Shamber's method where she starch shrinks a block. I don't know if it would work on a quilt that has been quilted. But it is my only meagre suggestion. The quilt looks wonderful nonetheless. Rita. X
"Neglect not the gift that is within you..." -1 Timothy 4:14
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BJ, I love your quilt! I'm pretty new to quilting so I have no experience to offer, but I wonder if using something like a hair dryer on "hot" to dry the area after wetting it with water or starch might shrink the area more? Sending positive thoughts hoping you find the solution!From the edge of Sherwood Forest, home of Robin Hood
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Originally posted by LorchenGood luck, Betty Jo!
I wonder what would happen if you send this lovely quilt with the a closed sleeve at the bottom that already contains a solid rod?? May be worth asking the organisers.
"Neglect not the gift that is within you..." -1 Timothy 4:14
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Originally posted by SpiritsFoldBJ, I love your quilt! I'm pretty new to quilting so I have no experience to offer, but I wonder if using something like a hair dryer on "hot" to dry the area after wetting it with water or starch might shrink the area more? Sending positive thoughts hoping you find the solution!
"Neglect not the gift that is within you..." -1 Timothy 4:14
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Originally posted by RenataBJ,
wish I had something to offer for fixing the wave--I hope what you've attempted will do the job. In the meantime, I've looked at your Knight on your blog--the overall quilt is so pleasing to the eye, the colors are stunning and I love the quilting you've done. Just beautiful!
Renata
"Neglect not the gift that is within you..." -1 Timothy 4:14
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Hooray, my method for solving the wave appears to have worked. I blocked it wet, taped down the blocked area with blue painters tape until I got the binding sewn on, removed the tape and added some SID quilting at the tops of the hills in the blocked area and it looks really good now. I still have to sew down the back of the binding, add the pocket and label and photograph the quilt. I'll post photos when I have it done. Thanks for all your good thoughts and ideas!
"Neglect not the gift that is within you..." -1 Timothy 4:14
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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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I finished my top by looking at the photo of the quilt and since there are no quilt police it doesn’t matter if it doesn’t...
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