steps after quilting
12-08-2014, 01:18 PM
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I machine stitch my binding on before I trim away the backing and batting. The backing seems to lay smoother and doesn't get the puckers in it like it does if it's trimmed. I also pin on the binding before I stitch it on the front. After it's stitched on, I trim away the extra using scissors, leaving about 1/8th inch of the batting beyond the edge of the seem allowance and hand stitch it down in the back. I lost points at a quilt show because my binding was not full so I've done it this way since.
12-08-2014, 03:09 PM
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I do things the way tartan does too, if its a large quilt, small ones I can usually do one side at a time on the long arm table. But, I'm usually crawling around the floor, I use a roller chalk marker then have a large cutting mat I can slide under the quilt for cutting on my straight lines
12-08-2014, 03:48 PM
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Originally Posted by maryb119
I machine stitch my binding on before I trim away the backing and batting. The backing seems to lay smoother and doesn't get the puckers in it like it does if it's trimmed. I also pin on the binding before I stitch it on the front. After it's stitched on, I trim away the extra using scissors, leaving about 1/8th inch of the batting beyond the edge of the seem allowance and hand stitch it down in the back. I lost points at a quilt show because my binding was not full so I've done it this way since.
I also do a stay stitch or long stitch or zig zag around the edge first to make sure every thing stays in place before I sew the binding on. I do this just inside the 1/4" seam allowance.
Here is a tip to help with binding that is one of the best things I have come across recently.
http://www.freequiltpatterns.info/vi...trick-lose.htm
It really helps when doing corners.
peace
Last edited by ube quilting; 12-08-2014 at 03:57 PM.
12-09-2014, 06:36 AM
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Originally Posted by clem55
By the time I get it quilted, I figure it is too late to change anything, so I just sew the binding on. So far, things have worked out pretty well. 
12-09-2014, 06:36 AM
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It might help you to run a basting thread along the outside edges of the quilt to keep it from shifting. I can no longer get down on the floor, so I use two ironing boards side-by-side with 2 light plywood sheets 40 by 96 over the top of the ironing boards. I use rulers, as others have suggested, to straighten the sides.
12-09-2014, 06:45 AM
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Me too, me too.
Originally Posted by Sewnoma
LOL! I love your attitude! That's sort of how I work, too. As long as the quilt isn't going to fall apart or isn't a special gift, any problems I notice in THIS quilt are things I'll keep in mind for the NEXT quilt...I'm not unstitching anything I don't HAVE to!
12-09-2014, 07:37 AM
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Mine will never go into competition. I always visually square up on my bed. I measure top side to side, middle side to side and bottom side to side. Then I measure on the diagonal NW to SE and NE to Sw. Also top to bottom, sides and middle. I use graph paper. Works for me.
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