Beautiful colors. Still working on mine.

WOW! love your colours.
Anne

DONE!!! This is my first BOM and it certainly was a skill builder. I enjoyed the entire process while watching as others posted their progress. Barbara was very helpful when I contacted her in the very early stages, thank you. I'm happy to be sending it out for quilting, it is too big for me to do on my machine.

Barbara, I was hoping you would say the quilting would take up some of the problem!
I will check those seams.

Thanks for all your help, I have loved all your tips with this quilt. Hope you had a great time in Houston.
I will continue now and try not to compound the problem.

Thanks to all who complimented the quilt, lovely to hear. I do love seeing everyone’s quilt!

Janet

Jan, it looks like the four pinwheel borders are sewn in place and this is the center of your quilt, ready for you to make the straight flying geese borders which come next.

If that is correct, is your concern that the middle part of the quilt is a little wavy? That waviness looks minor in the photo and will "quilt out", especially if you use a wool batt or a wool/cotton blend. Your measurement of 63.5" for the top and bottom pinwheel borders is spot on so you are good going forward. If your concern is that the top and bottom edges measure 63.5" and the middle measures 64", check the seam allowances all the way down to see if it varies. You would be looking to see if the middle area seam allowances are narrower and snug them up. Most of us have trouble staying 100% even with the 1/4" seam allowance, especially as these seams get longer.

The only way to make this perfect is to take it all apart and re-do it all, measuring everything as you go, as you mentioned a few days ago--NO, I wouldn't do that. Part of the beauty of this particular pattern/style of quilt is that it teaches us the tricks it takes to make a perfect quilt, measuring is very important every step of the way. But since "finished is better than perfect", I say, just keep going. As you make the flying geese border, check each unit for size as you sew them together.

I hope this helps.

I sure like the colors you choose for the quilt.

Barbara, guess I was not clear. I have not started the flying geese yet. The pinwheel borders measure 63 1/2 and when I measure through the center of the quilt it measures 64 inches. The quilt does not lay flat.

Hope this makes sense.

Jan, if I understand you correctly: you are comparing the size of the center of your quilt that is shown in your most recent photo, to the size of the straight flying geese borders that come next. You said the center is 1/2" larger than those borders.
I know several people had that problem and simply added one more "goose" to the borders. That adds 1.5" of length to the side borders and 1.5" of width to the top and bottom borders. That should mean your floaters would need to be .5" finished so you would cut the floaters 1".
If this isn't what you were asking, just reply with your actual measurements and we'll figure it all out.

ButterflyBev wrote:
Bev

So sorry, but glad I’m not alone! Hope Barbara, or anyone can help, otherwise it will be a good winter project. Janet

I have found the same problem. The center of my quilt is about 1/2 inch larger. I have been trying to figure out how to fix it. The problem is in th center block.

I am still slogging my way through the curved flying geese and hope to have them on the quilt later this week.

Sharon in, it supposed to snow tomorrow, Colorado

Jan, I am flying home today from 13 days in Houston—I will respond tomorrow

Barbara
“ your quarter inch difference is easy to fix. I suggest you check each seam that joins the Curved Flying Geese blocks--the blocks should be exactly 5" when sewn into the border. You will find a couple that are slightly wider than that and if that is the case at the outer edge, just snug those seams up a bit to remove the extra 1/4" across the entire border. You don't have to take the border apart, just look for the places where the outer seam allowances are a bit narrow. Most people find their problem at the beginning and/or end of the seams when joining blocks.”

Thanks, this was helpful,did as you suggested. Now it seams my center of the quilt is 1/2 half inch larger than the borders. For some reason (getting old) I did not measure through the center of the quilt at each stage,nor did I check to make sure it was square. Not happy so will probably take it apart and sew it back together correctly unless you have a better solution. Here is the quilt..

Pegjo, it is stunning. Beautiful piecing.