Hand sew binding or machine?
#23
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 1,991
I machine stitch all of my bindings. They are neat, flat and secure. No one can give me a good reason why a quilt binding should be hand stitched when every other step along the way to completion was machine stitched. If you love to hand stitch, stitch away!
#24
Well said, Shelbie.
#26
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Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Illinois
Posts: 2,140
I hand sew mine unless they are for charity. Our local children's hospital asks that everything be machine stitched. I've done it both ways & hand stitching really does give a nice, smooth finish. It doesn't take that much time & I love doing handwork anyways.
I learned from my local AQS appraiser that machine and hand stitching can be equally strong; it just depends on how many stitches per inch & the type and quality of the stitches formed. Go with whichever you prefer unless you are entering it in a show (in which case you'll want to hand stitch it).
I learned from my local AQS appraiser that machine and hand stitching can be equally strong; it just depends on how many stitches per inch & the type and quality of the stitches formed. Go with whichever you prefer unless you are entering it in a show (in which case you'll want to hand stitch it).
#27
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Central Alabama
Posts: 884
I hand sew my bindings , just because I like the way it looks much better (single thread). But if it is a quilt that is going to be used and washed lots I use a double thread. I keep that part of finishing for sitting watching TV or sitting at the dr. office, give me something to do no matter where I am. Actually, I think it is a matter of what you like the best.
#30
I hand sew because I like the look of it better and I find it relaxing to do. I could never get the seam line even on the back when I stitched in the ditch on the front to put binding on that way and it drove me crazy to have it off kilter like that.
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