Advice on wallhanging quilting and binding...
04-02-2017, 07:10 AM
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Advice on wallhanging quilting and binding...
A few questions for all the gurus here on the Quilting Board!
I am doing a long, thin wallhanging to go in a nook in our entryway. This little area is sort of hidden away in our entryway, so I'm looking for a surprise of colour with this wallhanging, as our entryway is done in greys. It has very thin borders, I'm looking for advice/suggestions on a few points (and any other thoughts, of course!)
1) I am quilting all the empty spaces in the blocks with pebbles...how to quilt the empty spaces in the sashing and borders?
2) If I wanted to go without the borders, could I just put batting behind the blocks and pull the borders around to the back, sort of like a facing, leaving a tiny line of the white around the block edges on the outside? How would this work on the corners?
3) If I do the borders, would the binding look OK in random lengths of the colours I used in the blocks, or is that too cutesy? Just do the binding in white?
Thanks all, for any help.
Watson (colours in this pic are a little wild...not sure why they turned out this way.)
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I am doing a long, thin wallhanging to go in a nook in our entryway. This little area is sort of hidden away in our entryway, so I'm looking for a surprise of colour with this wallhanging, as our entryway is done in greys. It has very thin borders, I'm looking for advice/suggestions on a few points (and any other thoughts, of course!)
1) I am quilting all the empty spaces in the blocks with pebbles...how to quilt the empty spaces in the sashing and borders?
2) If I wanted to go without the borders, could I just put batting behind the blocks and pull the borders around to the back, sort of like a facing, leaving a tiny line of the white around the block edges on the outside? How would this work on the corners?
3) If I do the borders, would the binding look OK in random lengths of the colours I used in the blocks, or is that too cutesy? Just do the binding in white?
Thanks all, for any help.
Watson (colours in this pic are a little wild...not sure why they turned out this way.)
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Last edited by Watson; 04-02-2017 at 07:21 AM.
04-02-2017, 08:24 AM
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Love your wall hanging.
If you choose to bind, I would do it in a single color (if you have enough of one of the colors you used, or charcoal).
You can pull the border to the back, just look at a video on self binding quilts or using the backing to bind the quilt. These usually show mitered corners because that's what will show on the front. You can just do an easier corner by binding 2 opposite sides first, then the other 2. Might not look beautiful, but that will be the back. I really think a color binding will frame your piece.
Finally, a long hanging sometimes doesn't hang well. You can use drapery weights, dressmaker's weights (normally used in jackets) or a couple 3 fender washers from the hardware store.
If you choose to bind, I would do it in a single color (if you have enough of one of the colors you used, or charcoal).
You can pull the border to the back, just look at a video on self binding quilts or using the backing to bind the quilt. These usually show mitered corners because that's what will show on the front. You can just do an easier corner by binding 2 opposite sides first, then the other 2. Might not look beautiful, but that will be the back. I really think a color binding will frame your piece.
Finally, a long hanging sometimes doesn't hang well. You can use drapery weights, dressmaker's weights (normally used in jackets) or a couple 3 fender washers from the hardware store.
04-02-2017, 08:47 AM
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Very very nice.
1.Pebbles in the blocks, ribbon in the sashing and boarders.
2.No
3. White would look more formal, random colors would look cutsy(, and in this case, would make the quilt look less like artwork. (I would go for the formal, artwork look in an entryway regardless of haw informal my house was.)
Note: Use an 80/20 batting for a wall hanging.....and add weights as paper princess says
1.Pebbles in the blocks, ribbon in the sashing and boarders.
2.No
3. White would look more formal, random colors would look cutsy(, and in this case, would make the quilt look less like artwork. (I would go for the formal, artwork look in an entryway regardless of haw informal my house was.)
Note: Use an 80/20 batting for a wall hanging.....and add weights as paper princess says
04-02-2017, 08:36 PM
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I like the FUN look of this!
Rather than the charcoal or black, I would go with one of the colours already used.
My thoughts would be to go with the dark purple or blue, as they will frame it up nicely, and not be saying, hey look at me (as a red binding would).
Rather than the charcoal or black, I would go with one of the colours already used.
My thoughts would be to go with the dark purple or blue, as they will frame it up nicely, and not be saying, hey look at me (as a red binding would).
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