Do you stitch around quilt before trimming and binding
#55
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Originally Posted by quilt1950
I do. Helps keep everything in place when I attach the binding.
#56
I have a customer that serges the quilt top and the backing before bringing it. They are the easiest quilts to quilt and no fraying. It sounds like a lot of work to me, but I just might buy a serger and do mine that way.
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It is quite apparent that we all have our ways of getting the job done and they work for us, so that is good. I stay stitch the edge only if I am sending it out to be machine quilted. Otherwise, I just trim and attach my binding and never have any problems. But, I do have a dual feed machine, which works similar to a walking foot.
I recently sent Eddie a quilt and it came back nicely trimmed and tightly stitched around the edge, not basted, but regular stitched. I was amazed at how much faster I was able to get that binding put on and also noticed it was easier to keep the exact width (3/8") that I was aiming for. I usually just sort of wing this rather than setting up something to use as a guide. I have a quarter inch medical tape bridge built on my machine and am lazy enough not to want to take it off when using a different size seam width. Eddie's stitching made that odd width much easier.
So, what's the point of this long message? I think the edge stitching helps you be more accurate.
I recently sent Eddie a quilt and it came back nicely trimmed and tightly stitched around the edge, not basted, but regular stitched. I was amazed at how much faster I was able to get that binding put on and also noticed it was easier to keep the exact width (3/8") that I was aiming for. I usually just sort of wing this rather than setting up something to use as a guide. I have a quarter inch medical tape bridge built on my machine and am lazy enough not to want to take it off when using a different size seam width. Eddie's stitching made that odd width much easier.
So, what's the point of this long message? I think the edge stitching helps you be more accurate.
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