Bailiwick Quilting Studio

• Quilt top should be trimmed down to final finished size. 
• Make sure that your quilt is square. All corners must be 90 degrees and the backing needs to be square as well.
• Don't trim the salvages off of your backing.
• You should stay stitch around your entire quilt to ensure that seams do not pull apart if you have a lot of seams on the edge. If you just have a few seams in borders, please stay stitch just over each seam.
• Use safety pin to mark the upper left corner of the top and upper left corner of the backing of your quilt.
• Remove all excess threads from the front of the quilt top.
• Snip off all dark colored thread from the back of your quilt top that might show through the front after it is quilted.
• Snip off all loose threads and check for any holes in seams, loose seams or anything that might catch on the machine as it passes by.
• The quilt top must lay flat. Measure your quilt top across the top, bottom and center. All three measurements should be the same. If they are not, there is a strong possibility that there will be puckers in your finished quilt. I cannot "fix it" with quilting!
• Batting and back need to be at least 8 inches larger (4 inches on each side including top and bottom) than the quilt top.
• Leave the top, batting and backing all separate. Do not baste the layers together.
• If you washed the fabrics for the quilt top before sewing, please wash the backing as well. You will be much happier with the finished product after the first washing.