Stupid classic noob mistake. Ugh!

[soul60s]

Last night I finished the back of my Phoebe's Flower Box and posted it last night. I was so dead set on making sure this matched perfectly with the front that I forgot one important thing...... I was supposed to make the back bigger so I could sandwich them together and then cut it down to size.

Has anyone made this mistake before and how did you handle it? I didn't think of this until just now as I was waking up. I don't have enough material to make a bigger border so i can cut it down. I bought the last of it in the store and only have a yard or so left. HELP!

The pic is posted under show and tell. I can't post from my tablet.

[Hulamoon]

Re: Stupid classic noob mistake. Ugh!

Could you just add a black border to make it bigger? I think that might blend in the best.

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[buckeyequilter]

Re: Stupid classic noob mistake. Ugh!

What I would try is to just cut some border fabric....old/stash, whatever you have....baste it to the backing and then quilt it and take that off then bind it.

[soul60s]

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Then it won't match the front. Both sides have a 5" turquoise border. It was supposed to look continuious from front to back (except for the binding)

[Vickie1965]

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What I do, (keep in mind, I am in no way experienced) is make my quilt sandwich (spray basted together) and then serge it together. I haven't had any problems quilting it when I do this, I'm able to quilt up to the edge. Just a thought. Your quilt is Beautiful!

Probably can't see it real well, but the edges are serged in this quilt.SAM_6973.jpg

[Hulamoon]

Re: Stupid classic noob mistake. Ugh!

What I do, (keep in mind, I am in no way experienced) is make my quilt sandwich (spray basted together) and then serge it together. I haven't had any problems quilting it when I do this, I'm able to quilt up to the edge. Just a thought. Your quilt is Beautiful!

Probably can't see it real well, but the edges are serged in this quilt.[ATTACH=CONFIG]69067[/ATTACH]

I did that before too! Didn't think about that. A zig-zag will work if you don't have a serger.

[GinnyKNC]

Re: Stupid classic noob mistake. Ugh!

With a 5 inch border you could just quilt it as is and when you square it up at the end just make the border a bit smaller all the way around. If you're careful with quilting you may not get a lot of shrinkage. Can you tell I've done this before lol. I have added borders to one and did what I explained above to another. The one where I just quilted as above my borders started at 4" and ended up 3 and a half inches when all was said and done. It depends on how attached you are to the 5 inch borders.
And that quilt is beautiful by the way!

[soul60s]

Re: Stupid classic noob mistake. Ugh!

What I do, (keep in mind, I am in no way experienced) is make my quilt sandwich (spray basted together) and then serge it together. I haven't had any problems quilting it when I do this, I'm able to quilt up to the edge. Just a thought. Your quilt is Beautiful!

Probably can't see it real well, but the edges are serged in this quilt.[ATTACH=CONFIG]69067[/ATTACH]

Was your back the same size as the front before you serged it together? What if I spray basted and used a ton of pins and just line them up? I would have to cut the batting the same size so I can see both sides. I don't have a serger but I can sew the edges first. It will be covered with the binding anyhow.

[soul60s]

Re: Stupid classic noob mistake. Ugh!

With a 5 Inch border you could just quilt it as is and when you square it up at the end just make the border a bit smaller all the way around. If you're careful with quilting you may not get a lot of shrinkage. Can you tell I've done this before lol. I have added borders to one and did what I explained above to another. The one where I just quilted as above my borders started at 4" and ended up 3 and a half inches when all was said and done. It depends on how attached you are to the 5 inch borders.
And that quilt is beautiful by the way!

Thank you so much! As stupid as it sounds, I was attached to the 5 inches. The balance of the colors worked. If I have no choice then it gets cut down. I had to do this with my first quilt too. But with that one I followed a pattern and had help. Lesson learned on this one!

[soul60s]

Re: Stupid classic noob mistake. Ugh!

What I would try is to just cut some border fabric....old/stash, whatever you have....baste it to the backing and then quilt it and take that off then bind it.

Okay here is another noob question. If I cut any fabric to baste to the border, quilt, then cut it off, (here is the noob part ) what is the purpose of doing that if the plan is to cut it off anyhow?

[soul60s]

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I suppose I can add another black 6" border to the front and 8" black to the back and cut them down to 5". What do you think?

[auntiemern]

Re: Stupid classic noob mistake. Ugh!

I think you are over thinking it. Pin them together with the batting and raw edges lined up. Do a simple quilting, trim up. If you use 100% cotton batting you not stretch it all that far, unless you pull and tug on it. you may end up losing 1/2" on either side. That way you keep your same color border without adding and cutting off more than you need to.

[buckeyequilter]

Re: Stupid classic noob mistake. Ugh!

The extra fabric and batting, from what I gather, is so you can quilt to the edge and any of the ways suggested will probably work.

[soul60s]

Re: Stupid classic noob mistake. Ugh!

I think you are over thinking it. Pin them together with the batting and raw edges lined up. Do a simple quilting, trim up. If you use 100% cotton batting you not stretch it all that far, unless you pull and tug on it. you may end up losing 1/2" on either side. That way you keep your same color border without adding and cutting off more than you need to.

Thank you so much. I will do this. I don't have 100%. I have 80/20. I was going to use one of the prints as the binding but I think I will use the same as the border. Thanks Marilyn. I just needed straight forward directions on how to fix this.

And I always over think everything.

[madampolo]

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I think you are getting good advice here. I just wanted to say the quilt is stunning! I love it.