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Old 06-04-2010, 03:09 AM
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Here is a handy trick that might help you out. When you finish quilting and before you get your binding on, sew a ribbon, the kind that is only 1/8-inch wide, and sew it down the edge of your quilt. Like the borders, you need to measure through the center of the quilt to get the proper length and width for the ribbon. Once you sew it on, simply add your binding as usual. The ribbon, because it was sewed to the edge and is only 1/8-inch wide, will be completely covered by the binding and no one but you will know it is there. I'm not quite sure why but it really helps to keep a quilt from waving at us.[/quote]

That's a unique trick that I have never heard of before, but makes perfect sense when you describe it. Thanks for sharing that!
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