I've almost finished Lizzie's birthday quilt and am planning on tying it with narrow satin ribbon. The design uses 3" (finished size) squares. I was thinking of tying at alternating intersections of the squares. Will this be sufficient?
Also this is the first time for me to add binding to a quilt. Always before I've just brought the backing fabric around for the binding, but this time my top and backing are the same width, so that won't work. How wide should I cut my binding strips? I'm guessing I will need to cut 2 strips the length of the quilt (~60") and 2 strips the width of the quilt (~45") by however wide they need to be. Thanks in advance for the help! |
I always cut my binding 2 1/2 inches and fold it in half.
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OK. Will try that.
Does the spacing on my tying sound OK? |
What kind of batting are you using.
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You might have problems with the satin ribbon staying tied.
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also found this tutorial on strips for your binding
http://sewinspired.blogspot.com/2007...-tutorial.html |
Originally Posted by DebraK
You might have problems with the satin ribbon staying tied.
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how wide you cut the strips for the binding will be determined, in large part, by how wide you want the finished binding to be. The "formula" given my by my early quilting instructors is: For a folded (double layer) binding, determine width of finished binding then multiply by 7 to determine width of strip to cut. Example 1 - for one quarter inch finished binding: 1/4 times 7 is 1 and 3/4 inch cut strip. or..for half inch finished binding: 1/2 times 7 is 3 and 1/5 inch strip.
From a practical standpoint, this formula works well if you're hand stitching the final binding seam. Since I don't do handwork I've adapted that formula to accommodate machine stitching the final seam...but there's a different discussion thread on all that. Why would people do different widths of final binding? In my case, just for the look of it. I prefer a bigger binding on a bigger quilt... |
Originally Posted by DebraK
You might have problems with the satin ribbon staying tied.
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