Skip to main content

come undone

In  my last post i made the comment, i feel like there is always something new to learn
i just wish it wasn't always by my mistakes . . . . . 

around a year ago i started this quilt, Durlindana
 i have slowly plodded along making the blocks,
 being a little pedantic about my seams and points ect . . . . 
finally i had it all together 
sooo i bought my backing and batting and 

took my quilt to my local quilt group on Friday night so the girls could help me batt it up
only to discover . . . . 



. . . . This . . . .
my borders had rippled, i am pretty sure it is because my bias cut triangles have stretched

some of the girls said it would quilt up okay and probably not be noticeable 
but i don't want to look at this quilt and always think

. . . . . hmm the borders are bodggy . . . . 

plus the edges wouldn't lie flat


so i set to work this morning with an unpicker and the offending borders were removed
(it was only two)

(super sad face)


now . . . . i really don't want to unpick the triangles too

has anyone got any suggestions as to how i can unstretch my bias triangles ???

hope your hands are working on something that you love
(and not reverse sewing like me)

Ciao



Comments

Fiona said…
Oh I feel sad for you... unpicking is so not fun especially when you are so close to the end... I have no idea how to unstretch bias... I hope you get some good ideas... I would probably try a little bit of gentle gathering and then put in one of those peeper strips to hide it if needed ... but that is purely a guess...
Hugz
jfoster8 said…
Hi Trish,
I agree with the suggestion to run a line of tacking along stretched edge and gently gather in ...make sure you measure the border lengths and cut them to size....and as a last resort once you have batted up and pinned/tacked and stabalised quilt, to gently steam the offending area with the iron....it will shrink the area slightly.
good luck
jan
oh bugger...........sorry can't help..........would have helped with the reverse sewing but can't help with the problem.........would like to know the answer though.......
quilterliz said…
G'day Trish. What a nuisance to have that happen. When I first read your post, I too, thought it might have been the borders not being measured and cut to size that caused your problem, but I also know that the triangles are prone to stretch easily. It happened to me some years ago with setting triangles that I had used. The lady who was quilting the top for me assured me she could quilt it out, but I ended up unpicking the two triangles that had stretched and replacing them.Good luck. I hope you can find a solution. Take care. Liz...
Hi Trish,
I tend to agree with others....a gathering thread, lightly steam iron being careful not to develop folds, and measure and cut your borders to fit each side. If you quilt the stretched triangles, such as heavily stippling them it will draw them in too.....go on you can do it!!!!.....how's the new machine??.......hope you keep at your quilt and get it finished.....
Jenny said…
Oh No Trish. I have no answer either but when you measured your quilt border did you measure through the middle or along the edge.The middle is the best way, so I am told. Good luck
Jenny said…
Oh No Trish. I have no answer either but when you measured your quilt border did you measure through the middle or along the edge.The middle is the best way, so I am told. Good luck

Popular posts from this blog

Toorale homestead - Louth

We set off from Bourke  , we had stayed the night at Kidmans camp , which was a lovely spot and headed off south to start the Datling River run. For the first few hours we didn’t see any river as our first destination was  TooraleHomestead The drive in was pretty good , lots of dust and a little bit of corrigation but really quite good  We seen some wildlife including an eagle  Bit blurry as it was taken through the windscreen of the car ,  Some Emu’s and kangaroos  The homestead itself is closed to the public except during school holidays ,so we didn’t get to go in but , we knew before we arrived that was the case and I was keen to see it anyway. Sir Samuel McCaughey in partnership with his Brother John and cousin purchased Toorale, Nocoleche and Dunlop station. Acquiring 800 000 acres of land and 130 000 sheep and 80 horses.  Eventually Samuel bought his brother and cousin out. He built the homestead in 1896 as a wedding gift to his niece. The golden years for the homestead were betw

Scrappy chook quilt

So I have been keeping this one under wraps, not on purpose mainly just because I have been a very lazy blogger. A few months ago, as most of you know I had a visit to chookyblue's place, whilst there I had the pleasure to sleep under some of her gorgeous quilts. But one in particular took my fancy I just loved the scrappiness of this quilt, the lovely colours but mainly just the simple design. So when I headed up to Nundle for my retreat, I sent the lovely Kerry a photo and she assured me she could pull together some lovely fabrics and guide me, to put this lovely quilt together. When I arrived at Nundle This lovely bundle of fabrics awaited me The girls and I used the black and white feature on the iPad to determine light medium and dark fabrics I spent 3/4 of the first day creating these squares, I think I frustrated Miss Joolz because I just could not be random, I had to be organised I didn't want to get end and end up wit

Burren junction - Brewarinna

Beds on Barwon We left Newcastle at a reasonable time on Friday morning not gadgets ( my husband) usual 4am start and headed west.  We really never planned this trip out as such we vaguely decided that sitting by a river with a fire was our plan , a chance to take a deep breathe and slow down our lives for a bit. Almost 13 years ago we were extremely fortunate to do the darling river run with some wonderful friends and thought that we would love to repeat that trip and hopefully see the Darling river with water this time.  However at this stage our plans are a little up in the air with the road to Louth currently closed due to rain and some of the national parks closed for the same reason. Soo where are we heading , not sure but wherever we are heading it will be an adventure. So on day one we drove to Burren Junction where we spent our first night of our adventure at a truck stop  This is our new travelling Duo Reggie ( car) and Ruby ( van) we decided last year it was time to say good