Wacky quilt finished
11-20-2015, 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by J Miller
tessagin,
We used flannel.
Haven't gotten to the quilt shops yet. We're still playing catch up.
Joe
We used flannel.
Haven't gotten to the quilt shops yet. We're still playing catch up.
Joe
11-21-2015, 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Macybaby
Joe, it's just a regular binding put on by machine. It's just lots and lots of experience and a machine (35 yr old Viking 990) that evenly feeds just about anything without the need of a walking foot. I've done a lot of sewing on home decorating (upholstery, window treatments) so have done a lot of binding and pipping before I even started with quilts.
But I did recently learn the trick to NOT press the binding in half, and that helped to reduce the tendency for it to want to crawl out from under the foot when topstitching it down. Also, use the first seam to line up the fabric on teh front side, just a fraction of an inch past so you end up sewing almost on top of it with the second seam, so it ends up "int the ditch" as much as possible on the back side.
But I did recently learn the trick to NOT press the binding in half, and that helped to reduce the tendency for it to want to crawl out from under the foot when topstitching it down. Also, use the first seam to line up the fabric on teh front side, just a fraction of an inch past so you end up sewing almost on top of it with the second seam, so it ends up "int the ditch" as much as possible on the back side.
Great quilt Joe! I commented in the other thread too. I am guilty of just blowing by the stickies a lot.
Rodney
11-21-2015, 11:29 AM
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Cathy,
Was the binding cut on a bias or straight. We have fits with the factory made bias cut stuff.
Rodney,
That's why I rarely post anywhere but here. The majority of comments came here so next time I'll just post it here and save the effort.
Joe
Was the binding cut on a bias or straight. We have fits with the factory made bias cut stuff.
Rodney,
That's why I rarely post anywhere but here. The majority of comments came here so next time I'll just post it here and save the effort.
Joe
12-05-2015, 06:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Mornigstar
What kind of machine --and what foot did you use to sew down the binding ? I want to get a good system for my charity quilts as I need to change my old method .
Cathy (Macybaby) did the quilting and binding for me, maybe she'll post a pic of the foot she used.
Joe
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