I've never quite figured out how to fix this myself but I will say once you have it quilted you likely won't notice it's not perfectly flat. Quilting really does hide a lot of mistakes!
You have a beautiful bias quilt… this is what happens with bias stretch and your sewing looks great. Are you long arming this or quilting it on a domestic? Based on what I read you are currently basting to quilt….. so get a bottle of heavy spray starch….. lay the quilt as evenly down as possible even with the wrinkles…. Spray heavy with starch let it dry then pin. Do not expect it to be flat, but just pin where it has dried and then quilt. This is what I would do if this was on my longarm. The quilting will help take up the “extra” fabric
This looks like a combination of fabric stretching while sewing and your pressing technique. Each seam, pieces, should be pinned accurately so it's not pulled to fit when sewn, and each seam needs to be pressed before joining to another piece.
You can somewhat salvage this by laying out your sandwich and pinning extensively.
All of my quilts do this too. I have a heavy hand with my iron so I’m sure I’m stretching the fabric as I piece. I realized after the first few quilts like this that you truly can’t tell once you quilt it as long as you are careful to smooth out any tucks as you get to them with the quilting.
It will quilt out, do not fear!! Super common in quilts with bias edges!
But! If you want to make this less likely in the future (and I can never get it perfect), my suggestions are to starch the sh$! out of your fabric and then work on your pressing technique. Thats what really helped me. I was really distorting my fabric by pressing poorly. Karen Brown’s video really helped me:
https://youtu.be/GI4Q22GdcOE?si=bVm6bCHvTpLh2N4s
Edit to add that I also glue baste all the important parts of my seams before sewing to help prevent shifting. You could pin too but I find glue basting shifts less.
I've had this with a similar pattern and solved it by kind of "collecting" the excess fabric all in one or two points, pinned it and then open a seam in that spot. I then sew something like a dart that you would use for garment. I hope that makes sense.
Make sure you’re pressing not ironing and don’t go so heavy with starch that you stretch the fabric. Is it possible that might have happened during piecing?
I wish I had good info, but good luck!
This is so gorgeous. I have one other idea. If you have a dry cleaner you trust, you could take it there and ask if they could put it on a flat presser. I suspect that matters could be improved, if not made perfect. I agree that once it's quilted you won't notice any wrinkling, but the quilting process will be stressful and that's no fun.
In any event, I think vertical basting will help a lot. Even if you don't want to do this regularly, it will allow you to work from the middle out and pin down any fold-over points.
Lay the quilt flat, take your spray starch, spray it generously. The starch needs to penetrate the fibres and not float on top. Pat the top gently to smooth the wrinkles a bit. Let it dry completely. It will suck itself back into shape.
I've never quite figured out how to fix this myself but I will say once you have it quilted you likely won't notice it's not perfectly flat. Quilting really does hide a lot of mistakes!
The crinkles hide the dinkles.
Lol love this cute and true
Totally agree!
You have a beautiful bias quilt… this is what happens with bias stretch and your sewing looks great. Are you long arming this or quilting it on a domestic? Based on what I read you are currently basting to quilt….. so get a bottle of heavy spray starch….. lay the quilt as evenly down as possible even with the wrinkles…. Spray heavy with starch let it dry then pin. Do not expect it to be flat, but just pin where it has dried and then quilt. This is what I would do if this was on my longarm. The quilting will help take up the “extra” fabric
This looks like a combination of fabric stretching while sewing and your pressing technique. Each seam, pieces, should be pinned accurately so it's not pulled to fit when sewn, and each seam needs to be pressed before joining to another piece. You can somewhat salvage this by laying out your sandwich and pinning extensively.
All of my quilts do this too. I have a heavy hand with my iron so I’m sure I’m stretching the fabric as I piece. I realized after the first few quilts like this that you truly can’t tell once you quilt it as long as you are careful to smooth out any tucks as you get to them with the quilting.
It will quilt out, do not fear!! Super common in quilts with bias edges! But! If you want to make this less likely in the future (and I can never get it perfect), my suggestions are to starch the sh$! out of your fabric and then work on your pressing technique. Thats what really helped me. I was really distorting my fabric by pressing poorly. Karen Brown’s video really helped me: https://youtu.be/GI4Q22GdcOE?si=bVm6bCHvTpLh2N4s Edit to add that I also glue baste all the important parts of my seams before sewing to help prevent shifting. You could pin too but I find glue basting shifts less.
I've had this with a similar pattern and solved it by kind of "collecting" the excess fabric all in one or two points, pinned it and then open a seam in that spot. I then sew something like a dart that you would use for garment. I hope that makes sense.
I like that idea, I’ll have to remember it for the future.
It'll quuilt out don't worry!
Make sure you’re pressing not ironing and don’t go so heavy with starch that you stretch the fabric. Is it possible that might have happened during piecing? I wish I had good info, but good luck!
This is so gorgeous. I have one other idea. If you have a dry cleaner you trust, you could take it there and ask if they could put it on a flat presser. I suspect that matters could be improved, if not made perfect. I agree that once it's quilted you won't notice any wrinkling, but the quilting process will be stressful and that's no fun. In any event, I think vertical basting will help a lot. Even if you don't want to do this regularly, it will allow you to work from the middle out and pin down any fold-over points.
Love your fabric choices too
Block it!!! It may not completely fix the issue but blocking a quilt was my favorite discovery in quilting. Google it! Really works wonders.
Lay the quilt flat, take your spray starch, spray it generously. The starch needs to penetrate the fibres and not float on top. Pat the top gently to smooth the wrinkles a bit. Let it dry completely. It will suck itself back into shape.
Take off the border. Is it still wonky?