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when do you square up your quilt top

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ollie1shoe
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when do you square up your quilt top

Post by ollie1shoe » Sat Aug 02, 2008 4:37 pm

does every one square up there top after they have it all put together ( the top) or do you quilt it then square it up before you put binding on it

ilovetosew
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Re: when do you square up your quilt top

Post by ilovetosew » Sun Aug 03, 2008 10:10 am

I check it a couple of times just to make sure it's staying squared up. I would check after completing the quilt top before sandwiching it and quilting, and then again after quilting when I trim away the extra batting and backing and sew the binding on.

gmaann
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Re: when do you square up your quilt top

Post by gmaann » Sun Aug 03, 2008 1:06 pm

I do both. Like to know that the sides are equal before I layer it to quilt. Then I square it up again before I put the binding on. I usually cut my last border about an inch wider than I really want it to be, just so I can square the quilt up and not lose any length or width that I really want.

cindyg
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Re: when do you square up your quilt top

Post by cindyg » Sun Aug 03, 2008 3:38 pm

I do the same as Gmaann - make the borders a little larger. I square them up before quilting and then after quilting. So far I've managed to have pretty square results.

SFOQuilter
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Re: when do you square up your quilt top

Post by SFOQuilter » Mon Aug 04, 2008 7:06 pm

Same here. I do it twice.

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