Sometimes my finished quilts have wavy binding. It is especially noticeable when hung on the wall. What causes that? What can I do to make quilt binding taut?
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Sometimes my finished quilts have wavy binding. It is especially noticeable when hung on the wall. What causes that? What can I do to make quilt binding taut?
I've had this problem in the past, and I think it could be many different reasons. One could be that we accidentally stretched the quilt edges while applying the binding. Have you tried washing and blocking the quilt? I think that might eliminate the wavy binding.
Measure your quilt at each end & in the middle; take the average of those 3 numbers and cut your binding to that length.
As far as hanging on the wall, the bottom will always be a tiny bit wavy. The only solutions I've seen for that are to sew in a weighted bar or to use a narrow sleeve & bottom mount (Caryl Bryer Fallert does that with her wall quilts to keep them from "waffling"). http://www.bryerpatch.com/faq/storage.htm#bottom
this would good advice to follow for borders but definitely not for binding. You will find yourself with only enough binding to go not quite half way around your quilt.Originally Posted by Bree123
I think you are talking about borders not binding
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Just recently I accidently sewed on my binding with my walking foot, wow lots of waves. I had to remove it then reapplied it with my 1/4 foot, no problems.
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Gee.....i always sew my binding on with my walking foot...never had the wavy problem.
Bobblehead.....Are you using bias binding??
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I think this could solve your bacon binding issue - I know because I have had the same problem and I'm going to give bias binding a try again...I did them that way at first and then got lazy!!
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I use a walking foot. I am going to use my 1/4 foot next time and see if it comes out better. I cut the strips WOF. Thanks for the help.
I don't have anything to add except the title of your thread....Bacon Binding....made me laugh!
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