Saturday, May 9, 2015

Fullness

Or otherwise what we longarm quilters call "wavy border"...  Every once in awhile as a quilter for hire you will receive a quilt that has a little bit of fullness and you have to work it in as to get no puckers while you quilt.

So I'm working on this friendly little quilt I used the Glide n' Go Tools to help flatten out the fullness while I quilted.


Once I rolled the quilt top I pinned down the border like I normally do...


Then I steamed it really well and did my basting along the edge and my stitch in the ditch to keep everything in place...


I place the Platter tool around my hopping foot...


Then quilted!!!  I was concerned that it would push all the fullness to the center of the border, it did not!!!  The fullness was laid down and NO Puckers!!!



So then I decided to do a video so you could see how it worked...  This is with one of the smaller 5" Circle Tools.  I believe it may be my new best friend!!!




6 comments:

  1. looks like a tool that I need. quite a few of my Customers give me wavy borders and otherwise wonky quilt tops. Thanks for the video.

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  2. This definitely would come in handy!! Thanks 😊

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  3. How I wish that the glide n go platter tool could be used with the home machine! It looks like it works beautifully! edge to edge.....
    Nancy
    wildoakdesigns.blogspot.com

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  4. I am ordering some of these too! Thank you for bringing it to my attention!!!!

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  5. Your video no longer works. I'd love to see this tool in action.

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