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08-26-2011, 09:52 PM

#131

jpthequilter

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Quote:

Originally Posted by carolynbb

How terrible, tacky and unprofessional is it to pull the backing around onto the top of the quilt and machine stitch down - rather than do the traditional binding on the edges?? All opinions welcome.

Depends on what you like to do...If it is going to be judged in a show, better use traditional binding.

Otherwise, do as you like. Using a folded over backing can be quite attractive, and offers a chance to use decorative stitching.

If you are making quilts for kids in a hospital or quilts that will be washed a lot, the people using them request that the binding be machine stitched twice around, for durability.

08-31-2011, 09:03 AM

#132

Glassquilt

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It's practical.

09-05-2011, 05:51 PM

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Betty Ruth

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Quote:

Originally Posted by carolynbb

How terrible, tacky and unprofessional is it to pull the backing around onto the top of the quilt and machine stitch down - rather than do the traditional binding on the edges?? All opinions welcome.

That's the way my mother taught me, and that is the method I always use for charity quilts. It takes less fabric than when a separate binding is used, and it's faster.

09-25-2011, 10:57 AM

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Loretta

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If you want to do it that way it is perfectly acceptable. I tried it and didn't like the look so I do mine by hand to the back.

09-25-2011, 11:24 AM

#135

Lucio

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Originally Posted by Rose Marie

I tried turning the backing to the front, worked fine until I got to the corner, then I couldnt make a mitre.

I solved the miter problem by buying the Quick Easy Mitred Binding Tool. I paid $15.95 and it has been worth every penny. I make and donate quilts to a children's charity and this is the only method I use. These are not heirloom quilts so the binding will probably last as long as the rest of the quilt.