binding
#11
I agree about the importance of the binding. I don't know why but it is the first thing I look at when I am admiring a quilt...probably because it is the thing I find trickiest to do and therefore something I really appreciate when I see it done nicely.
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I have done this pattern both with a binding and "birthing" method. Usually I prefer to use a binding. However, after doing this pattern using a birthing method (I was in a hurry to complete) I liked the end results much better.
#16
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Paper Princess your links worked and were informative. Thanks! Tartan, the link says it doesn't exist...??? I have a double wedding ring to bind soon, so would like to check out any ideas for binding that have curves/angles. Meryert, thanks for asking the question!
#17
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Joining the ends of the binding is not hard if you press a triangle into the beginning of the strip. Leave a tail about 8 inches long before you start sewing. (Start near a corner, so you have only a few inches to the corner.) When you come around to the finish, take the quilt out of the machine. Lay the binding onto quilt edge and cut off the end tail at the base of the triangle. Now the binding is overlapping just as much as the binding is wide. Pick up those two ends, opened out, and sew them together on the bias, just as you sewed all the other seams in the binding strip.
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I would re do my binding. Good tutorials for binding at www.ankastresures.wordpress.com If you can't do a good binding try doing a facing. Using strips of fabric that match the backing, sew them to the edge of the table runner and flip the whole facing to the back, turn under the raw edge and hand stitch to the backing.
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