Bindings
#13
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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The first book I bought on quilting said to bind the way you did it. I didn't know there was another way until I entered a quilt in a show and the judges wrote me a note about it. If you like the binding turned to the front--and binding can be a design element--don't let anyone tell you what you are doing is wrong. As for taking it off--a thousand times NO! froggyintexas
#15
Please do not take off your binding and re do it. I love the way my hand stitched binding looks on the back of my quilts. I'm sure your binding stitched to the front looks just as nice. I'm positive the people who have received your quilts think the binding was applied the way it was supposed to be.
#16
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Location: Rapid City, SD
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A friend who was a beginning quilter always asked me for the "right" way to do this or that -- I kept telling her to try ALL the ways of doing a particular method and then pick the one that worked best for her. For a long time she thought I just wasn't willing to tell her the "right" way. Now she realizes what I was telling her. Same with your binding - do it the way that works best for you!
#17
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Alturas, CA
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There's no law that states you must sew the binding to the front and stitch to the back, I know people who do it that way. If you're satisfied with how the binding comes out, then that's all that matters. As for the possibility of a person receiving one of your quilts and them "noticing" that you sewed it back to front, versus front to back, they most likely don't care, all that they care about, is that you cared enough to make one for them.
#19
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: South East, PA
Posts: 338
I agree with everyone else. It *may* be different than someone else's technique, but that does not equate to WRONG!!! If it is functional, looks ok, and you are not being judged for a ribbon, don't sweat it!
#20
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Morris Plains, NJ
Posts: 1,802
I am sure they are beautiful. It sounds like you are an excellent hand sewer and the stitches won't even show or minimally. Do not stress and do not redo...and do not point out your mistake to others. We all tend to do that and I don't know why.
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