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Hi Guys, OK, I'm in the middle of trying to make the toddler bed sized "backup" comforter (56" x 64") into the double bed **primary** spread (about 76" x 84"), VBS! I got the pin basted original comforter quilted up to, but not including, the outer border, which is 4" wide plus seam allowance. I did a widely spaced meander in the center "cheater panel", a multi zig-zag over all of the seam lines and then did an X through the center of the 8" blocks surrounding that center panel. I used a double layer of nasty poly bat because, originally, it was supposed to coordinate with the puffy store bought comforter I had sent to DD. Let me just say again that I really do not like poly bat and when it's double thick it is even worse!!!!! I am going to start sewing together the 4" x 10" pieces of the 8 different fabrics I have to make the wide border for the four sides -- which is how I am making the small comforter into a big one. I'm not looking forward to adding the backing and batting to this beast. I was thinking about putting the wide border, batting & backing together, meander quilting it and then adding it to the already quilted comforter. I have never done a quilt as you go piece so I wondered if it is similar to what I have in mind. My problem is that I haven't quite figured out how to neatly attach the quilted wide border to the comforter! I just now thought about Googling "quilt as you go" to see if there is any easily understood info online. I'll go do that once I am finished here. In the meantime, does anyone have any ideas, recommendations, etc. for getting this PITA project finished? I'm not in a very positive frame of mind right now so that doesn't help. My back went out on me Thanksgiving day and the meds I was on didn't help much so I went to the Dr. last Monday. He gave me much stronger meds but they are so strong, I can't do much once I have taken them so he said to just take them at bedtime. They have helped a lot but I still have the back pain which, of course, triggered another bout of sciatica and the hours of sitting at the sewing machine don't help. To make matters even more interesting, one of the casters on my sewing chair broke off so I have try and find another chair to use in the meantime. It will probably be the one I am sitting on here at the 'puter. VBS -- this whole project seems to be one of those that are doomed to be trouble from the get-go! Anyway, enough of the bi*ching -- any thoughts or info on the ideas on how to add the border if I sandwich and quilt it first? Oh

*(#$*()$#% I have to do binding too. Damn, I had forgotten about the binding -- LOL! Just goes to show you how flummoxed this whole project has made me -- LOLOL! One good thing -- I got the second pillow sham made. I sent the first one plus the window topper to DD last month and she really likes them both. Photos of that stuff are at Webshots in the Sewing album, I think. CiaoMeow >^;;^<

PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties) Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their whiskers! Visit my Photo albums at

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Tia Mary
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If you do make up all sections into quilted sandwiches, Mary, you can then treat them as you would separate blocks in one of the Quilt As You Go methods. I would suggest that, if the edges of both are straight and square, you butt them up together and apply a tiny join as follows: cut strips of fabric an inch wide, long enough for all four sides of the large central piece plus twice the width of the border being added plus seam allowances and a bit for luck!. for the front, and the same for the back. With right sides together (of central piece and border), sew a strip to each side of the central strip, back and front, all the way through all thicknesses. On the front side only, flip the border so that you can sew it to the other edge of the little strip, making sure you keep the strip on the back out of the way. Then turn the border back and the front will be complete - neatly sewn together. It is easiest then to hand sew the back - just turn under the raw edge and slip stitch it to the border. Repeat this for all four sides remembering to add the width of the borders to the width of the central piece before you add the top and bottom.

You can make the joining strip wider and use more of a seam than a quarter of an inch, as long as there are no points that would be chopped off if you did.

I do hope this is clear enough - I have a splitting headache! and can't quite think straight. . In message , Tia Mary writes

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Patti

This is how I'd do it too, except I'd leave the final little strip to be stitched down on the front side and do it by machine. And I'd probably quilt a few more straight lines next to it, just to turn it into a design feature. Roberta in D

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Well, I went and looked at Google for info on quilt as you go. When I saw that there was a LOT of finish hand work, I decided to bite the bullet and just piece the front, batting & back! I had already gotten that large outer border sewn to the top when I saw the GREAT idea of using a narrow strip of fabric as a sort of border to sew the separately quilted pieces together! I especially liked the idea that, done in the correct order, everything could be done on the machine! Needless to say, I was NOT a happy camper that I had already started on enlarging the *#$*$#&% beast comforter so couldn't use this idea!!! Let me say once again that I HATE poly batting! It sticks to everything and is a PITA to work with! MQind it isn't all that fun either. With the lovely cotton batting, the layers just seems to sort of stick together better when machine quilting. With this stuff, everything wants to slide around and I have to use a bazillion pins to keep the fabric in place. But it DOES look nice and puffy -- just like the store bought comforters -- LOL! Ah Well -- I am almost finished. Just have the outer border to meander quilt and then a binding to add. I am seriously thinking of using something yellow but will probably go with the plain pink sheeting used for the backing. I have lots of odd shaped pieces left over from piecing the back. It would probably be a good idea to use them up on the binding since they are really long (the fabric was 108" wide) and narrow. A HUG thanks to those who responded. I can now see a number of quilt as you go projects in my future!! CiaoMeow >^;;^<

PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties) Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their whiskers! Visit my Photo albums at

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