a bone-headed goof needing the Royal Dilemma Dissolver and everyone else

Sep 15, 2007 12 Replies

Here's the story:



The quilt is beautiful, and not wanting any stretching during the putting on of the binding, the entire outer edge of the quilt was machine basted. Hmmm...... forgot to square up said quilt.



After squaring it is noticed that the nice machine basting, which runs beautifully parallel to the inner seam line of the last border, now has a rather wide variance along the outer edge ranging from 1/16 to 5/8 inch. The binding has already been made, all yards and yards of it. So...



Set the needle and sew the first side to be sure it will cover the stitches of the basting in ever various place. Wonderful job. Flip it over (those doomsday words) and see if the binding will cover the widest variance on the back. Of course not.



(enter migraine headache on the side, has nothing to do with anything but the weather)



Pick up and continue project after migraine, but still under the post migraine fog. (note to self - never, never, never do this)



I have a solution to this binding problem. I had an inspiration during my migraine down time. I trimmed the outer edge of the quilt+binding a very nice even 1/4" from the binding seam line. NOW the binding DOES cover the basting line at any given place on the back. I'm a genius!



Wait. What's this? WAIT! What IS this!! .......... Ohhhhhh yeahhhhhhh............ the FOLD. I have trimmed away the fold on every one of the corners of the binding. (deeeeeflated sigh)



Do I have to - what? What can I do here? And one more thing - This Is Not My Quilt, This Is A Pay Job.


Karen, Queen of Squishies


I would suggest that you put this aside until tomorrow to allow all the fog to clear from your head. DO THIS NOW BEFORE YOU MIGHT GOOF UP SOMETHING ELSE!!!! Don't even touch this again today!!! Suggestion about what you cut off---maybe TOMORROW you can sew one of the main colors into the corner as an accent piece on each corner. But TOMORROW you will be thinking clearer. HTH Barbara in SC

BTDT, but at least it wasn't for someone else. (((Hugs))) IMO, take the binding off. Attach the severed bits together, just like you would if you were starting to make the binding, and maybe you'll need to add another length to have enough. Make sure the seams won't fall right at the corners, i.e. start sewing in a different spot. Then put it on again. Nobody will ever know. We all hate the dreaded frog stitch, but sometimes it's just less work! Roberta in D

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Been there done that. took off the binding, made more and reapplied being sure not to trim the fold the second time. I'm sorry for your momentary lapse. And I hate it when I do it!

LOL - good advice. PUT IT AWAY! Well, it's laying over in the corner, wounded and resting. Right. And then tomorrow, or maybe another day or so, take off the binding and do it over. Okee dokee! It's good to know I'm not the only one who has cut off the folds of a nice mitered binding. sheesh.

Karen, Queen of Squishies

If you don't have to re-use the binding and if the pattern wouldn't be affected, you could simply cut off the bad binding and start over. And do wait until at least tomorrow to do it.

Julia > BTDT, but at least it wasn't for someone else. (((Hugs)))

No, no, no. I hope to disagree without being disagreeable but don't put it away. As soon as you can bear to, begin to resolve the problem. You are much more likely to succeed if you make the correction (removing the offending disaster) before you let it fester much. I try really, Really hard to never walk away from a snag. Walking away makes it easy for something to become a UFO. A forever UFO. Just as soon as you can begin, find a movie, some lovely music, some chocolate, some help - whatever you can think of to soothe the pain and get going again. I've never cut off the folds of a nice mitered binding but I'll put it on my list. @#$! I thought I'd already made all of the mistakes. Can't believe I missed one. with sympathy, Polly

Oh no, rest assured. The "put it away" refers to only until the foggy brain after effects of the migraine pass. Then I will remove and remake the binding, rebaste the edge of the quilt, and reapply the binding ready for hand-stitching. Probably today. : )

Karen, Queen of Squishies

.......cut......

Karen....take two Hershey Kisses with a chocolate chip cookie and call me in the morning.... amy

Send chocolate, will obey.

Karen, Queen of Squishies

Thanks, Pat, I will remember that next time someone else does this. : ( I have already removed my binding, but what a great fix that would have been.....

Karen, Queen of Squishies

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