I have been unhappy with the way this quilt hung from the time I finished it. I didn't know if I had the binding on too tight or if there was too much quilting in the border or what it's problem is. I spent many hours yesterday carefully un-binding this wallhanging. If it is going to hang in an art gallery it needs to hang straight and flat. I will spend some time today figuring out how to fix it and then re-bind it.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Un-binding......
I have been unhappy with the way this quilt hung from the time I finished it. I didn't know if I had the binding on too tight or if there was too much quilting in the border or what it's problem is. I spent many hours yesterday carefully un-binding this wallhanging. If it is going to hang in an art gallery it needs to hang straight and flat. I will spend some time today figuring out how to fix it and then re-bind it.
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Sounds like something I would do! I debated tonight whether to pull three months of on-again-off-again knitting off the needles - and decided not to! Definitely not my favourite project to be working on but I'll push on regardless.
I have a project like that, but I know it's the borders that are the problem. Somewhere I saw and saved a way to try to fix that up.
But......oh boy....it's really not at the top or anywhere near the top of my list. :)
Like you, I think I'd need a show or an offer to buy that would make that happen.
I do understand how you feell - but it will really be great once you have it sorted. Good luck :)
I know how you feel. I have one quilt that was not bound by me and I really need to take it off. It isn't the way that I would have done it. The quilt has been like this for years and I just need to get to it. Maybe your post was enough to inspire me to do so. I hope your comes out the way you like it!
Doesn't sound like a fun project at all, but it does sound exactly like something that I would do! Good luck!
The saying goes, "Genius is the capacity for taking infinite pains." I hereby give you a Genius Award!
Frebblebit
I always hate to do it but it's so satisfying when the problem is fixed and your happy with it.
Good luck finding a fix. I admire your attention to detail.
What a job! If you are like me the binding was sewn on to stay so it was probably hard to undo!
Well I'm interested in the result. Haven't had this problem yet, but I haven't made as many quilts as you have.
I guess this is one of those lessons where you'll be glad to have the experience and knowledge once it's behind you. Hope you'll be very pleased with the rebinding. :)
Mary Mashuta said in a lecture last year that she always cuts her bindings on the bias, and that they always lay flat. Haven't tried it yet.
I do way more tailoring than quilting and "ripping out" goes along with any project I do. I totally understand why you want it to hang straight in your daughters art gallery. The ripping out is not fun but the end result is.
J~MT
My least favorite part - fixing something I've messed up. But I'm sure by now you have achieved perfection!
I realize there is much thought put into the binding of a quilt.
Framing, finishing, etc.
However, does this particular quilt need a frame other than that last border. Could you not just bind to the back?
hugs
Gerry
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