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Old 04-18-2010, 09:20 AM
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Ok another ???.. Do you all always hand sew your bindings? I have stitched many of mine as they seem to hold together better. Of course the hand-stitched looks so much nicer. In most of mags I see lately, they're just recommending the hand-stitching? Is this what you all do?

If it's a quilt for my kids, I generally use backing fabric and pull over to top and stitch to top as binding (easy-peasy and fairly bullet proof)... Any thoughts?

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Old 04-18-2010, 09:42 AM
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Hi Leigh, I use machine finish binding if the quilt is for charity or if it is for hard use such as kids! Otherwise I hand stitch to the backside, it looks so much better. :-D
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I machine stitch on the front and turn over to the back and hand sew that part.
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Old 04-18-2010, 10:43 AM
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For utility quilts I machine sew the binding front and back. For my nicer quilts I finish the binding by hand sewing.
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i machine stitch all of mine using some of the fancy stitches
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Old 04-18-2010, 11:11 AM
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I also sew it on the machine first and then turn it and hand sew on the back.
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Machine sew the front but hand sew the backs on all my quilting projects.
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Old 04-18-2010, 11:37 AM
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Originally Posted by McQuilter
I also sew it on the machine first and then turn it and hand sew on the back.
Same here!
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Old 04-18-2010, 11:59 AM
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Me too, machine sew on front turn to back and hand sew all my projects.
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Old 04-18-2010, 12:07 PM
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Mine are all machine sewed, front and back :D:D:D
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