Thread: Kudos To You Machine Quilters

This is to praise anyone who can get a sewing machine or quilting machine to do what they want and make something beautiful. I tried to make a heart hot pad that I downloaded from the internet yesterday and it was a mess. It was simple enough until I had to put the binding on. What a mess! I tried for a couple of hours then just decided enough is enough. No heart hot pads are being created today and with that I threw it away and put my material away for another project. So here's to all you machiners!

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Don't ever give up and eventually you will master it. I try to never let fabric win!

[QUOTE=Jan in VA;7081536]To bind curves, yes, it helps to cut the binding strips on the bias.
It also helps to check out some advice on how to bind inner corners/angles.
http://www.quilt-video.com/2010/02/0...ng-odd-angles/

Jan, thank you so very much for showing this video. I had seen it yrs ago & tried to remember how she did those angles. I'm a lot more experienced now but still have trouble with those corners. Now I think I can do better on them.

Pat



Jan in VA[/QUOTE

Don't give up.....binding can be a nightmare especially for first time projects. When you have time to sit down and have a look at youtube - some good tutorials for a lot of stuff....

Binding is hard! There's also more than one way to do it, so you might want to read up on different ways to do it if you attempt it again. I tried a few different ways before I settled on the one that worked best for me. I find it easiest to fold the strip in half along the length, sew it on to the back, and then fold it over to the front (sorry, this is probably not a helpful description unless you already know what I mean). This has the bonus of not needing to make double fold binding tape which is a minor pain. I've tried self-binding a few times, and it was a disaster - seemed like it would be easier, but it was harder (for me).