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Old 09-28-2013, 02:49 AM
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I am needing to get some suggestions on Mitering corners on a quilt. I have followed the directions on folding the binding slanted and then sewing a 1/4 inch on both sides. I can never get miters corners to turn out..... Any suggestions?????
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I posted a tutorial on the Attic Window Block. I show how to miter the corner. Perhaps you will find it helpful.
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I use my large ruler with the 45* line to mark my stitching line on one border. I turn over the quilt and match up the border fabric and sew the stitching line while the extra fabric is still there. I check the miter after sewing to make sure it is laying flat. If everything is good, I trim off the extra fabric. I find if you trim off the extra fabric before sewing, the bias edges are going to stretch more. Once the bias edges stretch, it is hard to tell if the stitching line was right or not.
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Old 09-28-2013, 05:11 AM
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One of the most important aspects of mitering a quilt is to make sure you have PERFECTLY square corners. I put the corner of my 6x12" ruler on the edge to cut. The corner on rulers is true, and I've always had sharp, crisp corners since I started doing this. I mark 1/4" from the edge on both sides of that corner to make sure that mark is perfectly centered, then stitch to that mark, turn, and start my next side from that mark.
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There are good videos on you tube you might try watching them and see if that helps.
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Riley Blake Designs did one that helped me - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBVnU...A6EDCC361F2F2m - it worked for me.
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Mitered borders or binding? Border miters are best glued exactly how you want them, then sewn.
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go the the discussion "Binding Problems" your questions have been answered there.
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Wow, Bellaboo I have got to read more carefully. I though Passionforquilting was asking about mitering a border. Mitering on the binding is a whole different story!
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Originally Posted by Passionforquilting View Post
..... I have followed the directions on folding the binding slanted and then sewing a 1/4 inch on both sides. I can never get miters corners to turn out..... Any suggestions?????
Are you putting the join of your binding strips right at the corners?? That will definitely give you problems -- too much bulk at that point.

Try this pdf. for making and applying straight grain binding. Try to adjust your bindings so that you never have a seam/bias joint at a corner.

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