This is an excellent explanation of how to intentionally pleat a quilt when it has wavy borders! After 10 years of longarming, I’m on a quilt top that really needs this!

Wow.. That was a hard job. My elderly neighbor taught me to quilt. I remember her very distinctly telling me not to measure the outside of the quilt or just sew on the border as it will stretch and not end up square when I’m done. She taught me to measure down the center of the quilt and that would be the length of my border. This is done for both vertical and horizontal borders. The lady who does my longarming tells me how happy she is to longarm my quilts because they are always square. I have my neighbor, June Lind to thank!

@vickiemartinsen8600

Жыл бұрын

That's how I was taught too. I would not of quilted for her

I just love your teaching us how to solve problems with puddling. Such beautiful work and such care given to another’s pieced top. Thank You For Sharing💜

Wow. I am not a longarmer, but whenever I go to pick up my quilts from the longarmers, they always tell me they enjoyed quilting my quilt because it laid nice and flat. Those statements always went over my head because I didn't know what it would be otherwise. After watching your video I can see the challenge that a longarmer can face with quilts that do not lay flat. Thank you for sharing!

@ToniNov25

5 жыл бұрын

Von Tassen Farm I’m so glad !! You like this video I appreciate it!

Lorena, I love this video, I've watched it several times. I truly love and appreciate how much time and care you put into your clients. You are a very good instructor too. Maybe with your new Laser machine you can create some type of guard you could place over the hopping foot that would protect your fingers, and for smoothing the quilting surface from tucks or pleats...just a thought. I love all of your videos, you're an awesome lady.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. Your advice on the wavy border saved me a great deal of time and trauma. To add insult to injury, this is my own quilt. Yikes. I so greatly appreciate your advice. It's working great now!

This is great information thank you I’m just learning my longarm and sometimes my quilts are not perfect so I’ll probably be rewatching many times lol thank you love your channel

Thank you for sharring your a life savor ,God bless you 💜🙏

you have the kindest soul...awesome video

Great Job !!! Beautiful quilt by both of you's !!

Thank God she had you to do this one! It’s a beautiful quilt!

I really appreciate your attitude toward your clients. I had a hand guide machine years ago. I remember the difficult issues.

Thank you for a great tutorial.

Thank you so much!!!! I really needed the awesome step by step teaching approach.

@ToniNov25

5 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you liked it. I appreciate you taking time to watch.

Lorena, I have just discovered you recently and have learned soooo much in using my mid arm. You are great, and I love your humor, and demeanor. Thanks foe sharing so much of your knowledge.

@ToniNov25

6 жыл бұрын

Karen Sides I’m so glad you like the videos.. thank you for watching..

You are a wealth of information. Thank you so much for sharing your expertise.

@ToniNov25

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! I'm one of those people that get into everything but don't focus on one thing!!! I appreciate your comment! Lorena

Love your videos, love your voice and humor

@ToniNov25

4 жыл бұрын

thank you so much..

Wow. I had those problems and I didn't know how to solve it. Your video is a eye opener. I hope you do more of these videos because I am a new quilter and this really helps.

@ToniNov25

6 жыл бұрын

I'm so happy it helps. I honestly didn't know either. I'm so thankful for my friend. I appreciate your comment.

Good job little lady!!

This was useful I will watch my borders and piecing...you did a great job thanks for sharing ❤️

@ToniNov25

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you..

I just found you on KZread. LOVE your videos!

These are great solutions, Lorena. Well done.

@ToniNov25

5 жыл бұрын

Liz Ryan thank you!

I will sometimes use a washable fabric glue (like the glue stick used in applique) in the fold to keep the fabric down. This keeps the foot from catching the fabric. And again apply the starch and hot iron. I'm linking both of your videos about Wavy Borders to the ladies in our quilt guild many of them can learn how to put the border on correctly and, realize what we longarmers go through. Thank you for these videos. I had a quilt topper who had an access of 5inches on all four borders. I made her come over, helped her to take each of the four borders off and, showed her how to do it correctly. I told her that she had to do most of the work or, I would have to charge her for all the time it would take me to correct the size of her quilt. She was happy to learn and now gives me quilts that are a joy to quilt. Thank you again

@ToniNov25

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@bettywhittington625

4 жыл бұрын

cj2sew that was a wonderful compromise and a learning experience the brought to to a better beginning on the next quilt. Problem solved

@kylanrory1402

3 жыл бұрын

Dunno if you guys cares but if you're bored like me atm then you can watch pretty much all of the latest movies on InstaFlixxer. Have been watching with my brother for the last few months xD

@stanleymelvin1519

3 жыл бұрын

@Kylan Rory definitely, have been using instaflixxer for years myself =)

You did a fantastic job on this.

@ToniNov25

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you ! Lorena

You did a great job on that.

You did a awesome job!!! I am learning a lot.

@ToniNov25

6 жыл бұрын

Sandy Wilkerson thank you for watching🤓😊

Thank you so much. Very informative.

@ToniNov25

5 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you like it.

you are really clever in your ability to work on quilts that are so challenging.

@ToniNov25

7 жыл бұрын

Peggy McCrystal Thank you it learning under fire😂 .. I never knew till I started longarming

Hey Lorena, I just watched some of your videos and I'm hooked . You have a God given talent of explaining how to excel in our craft of quilting. Loved your video on fixing puddling borders and also just watched your video on the heart feathers, I just inherited a quilt from my guild that I volunteered to quilt and I had no idea until I really looked at it and then the borders puddled up at me and I knew I had a problem. Going to try doing your technique tonight and I'll let you know how it turned out. Your videos are excellent and I'm so happy I found you. Hugs....Ellen

@ToniNov25

7 жыл бұрын

Ellen McBurney Thank you Ellen !

this video is fantastic thank you Lorena i just got a long arm i may never do other peoples quilts

@ToniNov25

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching... oh your going to love longarming!

that is super cool. I do mess up, sometimes, on my piecing. but when I quilt it I do the EXACT same thing as what u did. I understand your frustration. with me it wasn't even another person's piecing, it was my own! lol. super cool video!

@ToniNov25

7 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you like the video.. Thank you so much for your comment. lorena

i learned my lesson with my first quilt when I got it back from the quilters and saw the folds and not done nicely! So now I measure the middle of the quilt and the sides and aim for the middle of the road in measurements but first make sure my quilt is square! Then and only then I attach the borders and make sure they fit snugly and I have had compliments of the long arm quilters that mine was the easiest to work on, nice and tight but not too tight! So just right! ( Sounds like the breakfast commercial, hahaha) But it saved them from what you are going through! You are wonderful as I have seen quilts done at my quilt club that were horrendous, one never finished as the whole quilt was pushed sort of to one side! xxx

@ToniNov25

8 жыл бұрын

I try real hard not to pleat! I even measure both horizontal and both vertical side to see that they are equal this one was ok in measurement but then the puddling happened! The good thing sometime or a lot of time starch and ironing do wonders! This time it just wouldn't shrink up! Honesty I didn't even know borders could cause such problems and I don't know there was a technique till my friend Melony told me I did my borders wrong! And sadly I Longarm!! 😂 I really appreciate you watching! Lorena

You did a fantastic job ... what patience you have!

@ToniNov25

6 жыл бұрын

Amy Armstrong thank you...

Very helpful information, Lorena. I go to the Houston and Dallas Quilt Shows every year and it’s astonishing to see how many quilts hanging, have wavy borders. So many piecers just place the border strip and start stitching. They’re inviting disaster. I have plans to begin quilting for the public later this year, but will be providing detailed tutorials on applying borders to quilt tops in hopes of avoiding these situations.

@ToniNov25

6 жыл бұрын

R Dens4d yes... I think they are innocent.. they just don’t know and honestly not many teach.. 💕

Great job! You're lucky the border was such a busy fabric.

@ToniNov25

7 жыл бұрын

Karien Hudock-Hastings thank you for your wonderful comments!

Beautiful job

@ToniNov25

6 жыл бұрын

Barbara Nelson thank you

i'm making my first quilt top to send to a longarmer. i usually quilt my quilts, but this will be a king size and just too big to do on a traditional machine. Thank you for this video. i will pay particular attention to the borders so the long armer doesnt have a hairball to deal with. i never would have considered it..... great video

@ToniNov25

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Hi Lorena. Again you have introduced me to something I didn't know about quilting so I'll watch out when doing my borders. I did want to say how much I enjoyed your video on difficult clients. Not just sound business sense but lesson on good mental health. I was ending myself (Glasgow term for laughing so much your stomach hurts) when you sent your video on how to remove the logo off the client who wouldn't pay to his own Facebook page. Gone yersel. (well done) 😂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@ToniNov25

4 жыл бұрын

Oh my Lord I’m so glad you like it.. it makes me happy to be free no mater what happens it all turns around in time!!

Yes! Thank you!!

@ToniNov25

4 жыл бұрын

Amen thank for your time!

Lorena, you are absolutely awesome! I love your videos and, as a beginner longarmer, you have helped me so much! This quilt turned out beautifully! I have had several quilts like this and I will use what you have taught me in this video. I think I will baste those pleats before quilting over them to prevent the machine from getting stuck in the fabric. Have you done, or will you do a video on squaring the quilt?

@ToniNov25

8 жыл бұрын

Yes I will do a video on squaring up the quilt soon! I will also baste! Great tip! Thanks Lorena! Broken finger prevention! Heheee!😂

WOW awesome job!!!

@ToniNov25

7 жыл бұрын

Linda Tonkin Thank you so much!

@lindatonkin3802

7 жыл бұрын

Lorena's Quilting your welcome 😊

excellent.

Wow! Such talent!! Wish we were close!! Could use a good longarmer!!! ( Kentucky Quilter)

@ToniNov25

4 жыл бұрын

Oh .. thank you so much!

You could lay down a piece of wash away stabilizer over seam. Then use moist cloth to activate it and the stabilizer disappears. I have used this method when embroidering and free motion quilting purse panels.

Amazing,,,

Well done. Inconspicuous.

@ToniNov25

5 жыл бұрын

thank you so much...

Great job! You are such an inspiration Lorena. One thought I had to hold the seams down, could you use a water soluble glue, 2 way tape, or steam a seam, or quilt glue?

@ToniNov25

6 жыл бұрын

socalgal007 Teresa G Acuna that’s a great idea !! Thank you .. for you comment!

I finished a large quilt with large borders. When I laid it out to baste it, the borders weren't laying flat. I plan to pleat the top before sending it out.

yes I've had a lot of wavy birders. when quilters put borders on measure measure and pin and pin

Measuring for borders, NEVER measure for borders on the edge OF FABRIC go 6" or more inside the quilt and measure from there, horizontally and vertically. The edges can get stretched out, hence the borders do the same. I read an article on measuring borders the correct way I believe in a Ladies Home journal. Has worked for me everytime.

@ToniNov25

3 жыл бұрын

Ok thank you for letting me know ..

WOW!! you have really enlightened me as to the nightmares of taking the responsibility of long-arming someone else's work. I am new to long-arming, THANK YOU for all of you fabulous advise that I hadn't even realized that I might encounter one day. I wanted to inquire...would it be possible to seam rip the border off the length of the puddling and then pleat and trim and resew by hand back onto the main piece? I think this might be a bit of extra work but then one wouldn't have to try to pleat into and adjust the integrity of the pieced work. I am a retired from my alterations business and I would have to take in beaded gowns on the side seam and sometimes this was the only way to refit the backs to the fronts.

@ToniNov25

5 жыл бұрын

yes you can.. its just more difficult when its on the Longarm and when your working with the three layers as usually you see it puddle when a big chunk is being quilted already.

@ToniNov25

5 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/aZqJmriuh7POhag.html this help you know if you clients quilt is wavy or not.. I hope it helps.

Can relate. I recently pleated a border because nothing helped starch iron I even tried the spray Basting stuff. Grr

@ToniNov25

4 жыл бұрын

Yes I’m glad not the only one!

I spray starch on it too. it does shrink it up

Thanks for sharing this tutorial on fixing this major issue! I really enjoy your videos and tutorials. What kind of sewing machine and long arm do you use to make your quilts?

@ToniNov25

5 жыл бұрын

I use a juki 2010 which is a straight line sewing machine.. but I have also used a singer talent that does the same job.. the machine is cheaper and a little louder. I have a gammill statler stitcher optimum you can use a computerized system on it or you can work on the machine manually.. I so glad you like my videos.. I really appreciate your comment.

You seem like a really nice person Lorena.

@ToniNov25

5 жыл бұрын

Yes I try to be.. I want to be.. more kind.. sometimes.. I go to the dark side sadly .. but I try to stay where I’m proud of the person I am..

@traviss6564

5 жыл бұрын

@@ToniNov25 girl we all do...it's part of being human. Props to you for your kindness and positive energy.

I am learning so much mainly because I just got a longarm myself and I have some tops that I made that I KNOW are not perfect and this has helped me to see what to expect when I go to finally quilt them. Also do you charge your clients to fix them or do you call them to ask them "Hey, you can fix your borders or I cannot do it?" Have you ever encountered a quilt that you had to turn down? That would be another video idea to see what are your DEAL BREAKERS for longarming a quilt :) Thanks again.

I love this Hyundai commercial because I'm from Boston...lol 😂

@ToniNov25

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your comment.. and taking time to watch the video.

I am not a long armer nor have I ever used one, but if I sent this off I would expect a message telling me the new price and telling me what you had to do to fix it with references to you tube videos showing how to measure and attach borders! That’s crazy,

@ToniNov25

4 жыл бұрын

I used to not even know that is could be a problem... I did really bad borders too.... I told the client i fix it but i didn't charger her extra...

How do you determine how long your tail should be for cast on

Lorena, muy lindos todos sus videos en You tube , muy hermoso el cubrecama del video del 7 de Abril de 2016. los bordes perfectos. me gustaria aprender hacer lo de adentro. gracias

@ToniNov25

7 жыл бұрын

No se el nombre de la colcha. Es un patron que pudes comprar. Deja me buscar la. lorena.

@hildavalbuena9597

7 жыл бұрын

Gracias Lorena . por su interes. Hilda

Thank you for this excellent video! Really valuable information. I certainly appreciate how amazing thorough you are in showing us every step of your procedure. Very excellent ideas to help with this super challenging situation. Especially on such a beautiful quilt. Big questions for you: having spent so much extra time on this time-consuming and super challenging activity, Do you change extra for this service? Or do you usually examine the entire quilt with the client the before giving a price quote? If you noticed the wavy border while the client was still there, do you mention it to her? do you let her know it will be extra to correct it? do you suggest she take off the border, reduce the size, and re-stitch it? I would appreciate knowing how you tend to handle this. TIA!! Love your channel! Just found it recently and am binge watching.... even now, I cannot sleep, it is 4am, and I am watching you stitch! Ha ha! Thx for keeping me company when I can't sleep!

@ToniNov25

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t charge extra.. I should.. but I just take is as part of the quilting

@ToniNov25

3 жыл бұрын

At the time I didn’t even know how to measure to know if a quilt is wavy.. this quilt was a bit deceitful in that when I measured length they were the same.. so I would of even noticed.. the quilt looked we made so that was also deceiving.. when I finally saw the waviness I had already quilted 4 rows .. which by the I I couldn’t remove border.. but if you notice before you can remove border and fix it .. know I know what to look for but at this time I never had a wavy border this bad..

@brendafarris7350

3 жыл бұрын

@@ToniNov25 Thank you again for your prompt reply! Sure apprecaite that. I'm am new at this (altho my FIL has been doing this for over 14 yrs). I always wonder how to charge. If anyone called the client and says, "Hey, I have found an issue w/the quilt (not those exact words, of course!) and will need to change the price estimate I quoted." I do alterations and custom sewing work of all sorts and I give a good ball-park figure and try very hard to meet that figure or even under cut it when ever I can, which is pretty often. But I always leave myself an out by saying, "It will probably be $XX as long as all goes as I think it will at this point, but I never really know until I am into the ...(dress, pants, skirt, etc) in case something unforeseen is inside that I did not know about." The client understands and I have only had to use that situation a handful of times, but when I did , I just called them as soon as I knew the issue, explained as best I could, and a new price quote, and all was well. Because this happens in this type of industry, I was wondering what Long-armers do when an unforeseen issue arrises...like this one...that causes a lot more time and hassle and finess AND SKILL. Thx for your thoughts!

oh my, you did a beautiful job fixing it!!!. I'm a quilter so I need to watch how not to do an uneven quilt.

@ToniNov25

4 жыл бұрын

One way is to be careful when you are showing the quilt top off to not stretch it in the corners. You can really do a perfect piecing job and then stretch it when showing off the quilt top.

I'm a New subscriber and I'm learning a lot!!

I do not suffer quietly....my daughter in law is now terrified that her quilts will be wavy. She knows the correct way, measure right, left and center, average, divide, use the walking foot. I haven't had a wavy border yet.

This was a great video. How did you handle this with the customer.

@ToniNov25

6 жыл бұрын

I let her know what was going on.. at the time I didn't know it was in this condition until I had already quilted 3 rows.. I showed her pictures and she just told me to do what I could.

You might consider stitch witchery or some light heat binding material that would adhere the fabric down.

@ToniNov25

5 жыл бұрын

Yes...I should basted it down usually I catch it !

I know this is a older video but I just wanted to ask, do you look at the quilt in front of the client and show them what is troubling about the quilt. I personally would tell them, I will fix it for you or please go and fix it, then I will quilt it?

@ToniNov25

Жыл бұрын

I just tend to fix the quilt. Clients tend to panic and once it’s on the longarm it’s a mess to remove abc fix. So I just iron and fix it for them. I do let them know after it is fixed

You are gooooddd Why would a piecer do this to you? Or anybody quilter?

How did you stitch the pleat down, presume by hand.

@ToniNov25

3 жыл бұрын

Yes like binding

Do you ever send a top back to the piecer to fix this type of border issue? I admit I would with this one.

@ToniNov25

6 жыл бұрын

snickerbuckle by the time I realized the border was wavy I had already quilted 3 rows. At the time I didn’t know how to see if a border is way until I saw it on machine but now I have figured out what to look for! Now I’m more aware if the quilts but at time this quilt looked so much well done I didn’t even think it would be wavy!

Would it have been a small tuck if you had done this easing the whole length of the borders

@ToniNov25

7 жыл бұрын

It could have been a small tuck if the quilt didn't have so much waviness! I may of ending up having several tucks and could of ended up having pleats - I found that where I made the tuck took in all the waviness. Allowing me to straighten the quilt! The problem was the quilt border was angling downward and the waviness even ironing and using starch didn't help! Sometimes working in the fabric helps but in this case the border was too wavy and I think it's because it had two borders that didn't help! I hope I answered you! Lorena

Also use a glide foot.....it will not get caught on the fold.

You might want to use a basting stitches with your long arm so you don’t have to worry about hang ups, they com out so eais

@dwighthill58

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry my I pad messed up I mid comment. After basting and quilting , pull basting and then hand stitch pleat, that might help. We longarmers have to help each other. Good video.

Do you inform your customer that this is happening ?

@ToniNov25

6 жыл бұрын

Barbara Nelson Yes..

Hello how are you Miss Lorena iI like the way you fix the quilt and I think you do a great job if I want you to do the quilting for me how can I send you my quilts

@ToniNov25

4 жыл бұрын

Message me on Lorena’s quilting on Facebook and we can talk

i would have almost pulled it off, cut the border, resewn it and reattached it. Or called her and told her to come get it..I hope you charged her for your trouble.

That quilt top was beautiful, but it was “jacked up” when it was brought to you, Lorena. It wasn’t square or flat and anyone who would expect the long arm quilter to make a flat square quilt out of a top that is many inches longer on the sides than it is in the middle is unrealistic and unintelligent. The piecer did a poor job on a most important aspect of the piecing. That being said, the pieced design is beautiful and you did a superb job in saving that quilt! My hat is off to you! The quilt is gorgeous. I found you as I was doing research on long arm quilting businesses ... I’m very curious as to whether you were compensated for the extra time and labor required to fix the piecing here and save this quilt? The time and labor were significantly more than you expected when you quoted the client, I’m sure.

@ToniNov25

4 жыл бұрын

No, this is one of the clients that complained about my work and I gave her the money back... I got a video out of it I guess that is a good thing,

@belindawallace9253

Жыл бұрын

@@ToniNov25 Nobody likes to have their "Masterpiece" criticized. I usually do the best I can and don't say anything if it is not obvious. Don't feel badly, you will never please everyone.

Waving border. Still longarmers nightmare

@ToniNov25

4 жыл бұрын

Oh it’s the worst!

Too much talking in the introduction. Too repetitive

@ToniNov25

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry.. I'm new at this..but as I go along i'm getting better.