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Almost done - Mostly fine -- but with a nice hot mess part too.
PortlandMaine   Advanced Beginner ME USA Member since 1/29/11 Posts: 1647	Login to reply to this post 3 members like this. Date: 11/18/12 8:56 PM Well, after all that work - I got the top done, added a boarder and did the quilting. I hated the boarder the entire time I was quilting it. It has little circles in it - Now that its finished I really like the boarder - I HATE how the inner red strip rippled so badly. Im so grossed out looking at it. I might go in and sew it flat and do a hide and seek sort of applique strip over the entire thing. Has anyone done that to a quilt b-4? Im furious over those ripples -- I can let lots go in quilting -- but after doing o much work and making a nice top -- Im really angry about the ripples on that strip. And it is all the way around the quilt a mess. Edit to add pic of bubbles. -- Edited on 11/18/12 9:03 PM -- ------ Drag queen quilter!
PortlandMaine   Advanced Beginner ME USA Member since 1/29/11 Posts: 1647	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 11/18/12 9:07 PM Maybe after I did the quilting on the inside of the quilt I should have re-pinned the outsides -- I might end up cutting off the entire outsides because they are the only part that are messy. The reason I started a new thread was to ask for tips on how to possible get feeling better about the finished product. Overall - I love the outside - and think I want to keep it - but, Im not happy with the inner red strip. Ideas? ------ Drag queen quilter!
PattyGee   Intermediate MN USA Member since 11/12/03 Posts: 465	Login to reply to this post In reply to PortlandMaine << Like this post Date: 11/18/12 9:08 PM Its beautiful Portland. I am not sure what you mean? Did you fmq the inner red strip? ------ Patty Bernina 530, Bernina 200e with upgrade 730, Elna Quilter's Dream, Elna 434 Coverstitch, BL Enlighten Serger and Juki TL-2010Q.
Warbler   Advanced VT USA Member since 4/15/07 Posts: 2580	Login to reply to this post In reply to PortlandMaine << Like this post Date: 11/18/12 9:22 PM Holley moley, Batman! That is your most stunning quilt yet!!!! Love the red, love the design and the sense of movement. I had to go looking for the ripple because honestly, I would had not seen it until you mentioned it. It is a beautiful quilt. And it has so much more going for than the effort it would take to fix it. ------ Janome MC6600 Bernina 240 Juki MO735 Singer 201-2 Singer 221-1 Singer 15-91
Kippysan Intermediate CT Member since 4/19/11 Posts: 195	Login to reply to this post In reply to PortlandMaine << Like this post Date: 11/18/12 9:23 PM I think the quilt is stunning. And, I like the quilt bubbles in the outside border. Excellent work. Kippy
PortlandMaine   Advanced Beginner ME USA Member since 1/29/11 Posts: 1647	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 11/18/12 9:25 PM Hey thank you - Maybe this pic will show what I mean better - The inner red strip ripples like this all the way around the quilt - Im ok with things no being flat or even a little bumpy in places -- but this is like this all the way around - I just dont like it after spending so much time doing the other parts. I dont know - maybe tomorrow It wont bother me so much. I have made quite a few flat quilts now -- that I did not want my special one to have old problems in it -- I might take my own advise and be happy with the finished project - flaws and all. ------ Drag queen quilter!
Franksdottir   Intermediate Member since 4/25/08 Posts: 2407	Login to reply to this post In reply to PortlandMaine << Like this post Date: 11/18/12 9:33 PM I see what you mean, but: a) I don't think it is as bad as you think b) have you tried starching it a little and ironing it? c) instead of appliqueing all over it, what about bias strips on either side of the inner border, thus minimizing the ripples but keeping the red? ------ Barb
PortlandMaine   Advanced Beginner ME USA Member since 1/29/11 Posts: 1647	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 11/18/12 9:41 PM Compliments! I love them! - thank you What a great tip on the iron and starch! I never think to iron finished projects - and maybe that would reduce the issue to a more normal for me quilting look -- I appreciate the other ideas, too -- I will try to iron first -- You are prob right -- I quilted those circles most of the day (7 hours) - and had to add so much extra batting to keep the surface of the circles from doing the ripple - that some of them look like those glorious () puff quilts from the 70's. I was getting more and more wound up the whole time. I was thinking... "i worked so hard to make this right, now, Im going to mess it up on the home stretch" -- I prob did get crazier than its worth getting. I did pull away from the sewing machine - and will not do the binding until tomorrow. ------ Drag queen quilter!
JanyceR   Advanced CO USA Member since 2/3/07 Posts: 1008	Login to reply to this post 6 members like this. Date: 11/18/12 9:46 PM to paraphrase Eleanor Burns - if you can't see it driving by in a car at 25mph, it doesn't matter! Beautiful quilt. Relax about it. ------ Berninas - with a few vintage other makes, love them all
PortlandMaine   Advanced Beginner ME USA Member since 1/29/11 Posts: 1647	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 11/18/12 10:03 PM Yes! I love those tips. I was so happy with the inside - when the outside sorta fell apart I felt pretty beat up. Ill see how I feel in the AM - Ill take a pic outside in normal light and see what shows up. ------ Drag queen quilter!

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