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Old 05-02-2011, 07:12 AM
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canuckninepatch
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I had always done the traditional "sew the binding on the front, flip to the back and handsew", until my sister showed me a technique that they use at her church for charity quilts using the backing flipped to the front. You have to make sure you end the quilting stitches nicely and securely at the edge of the quilt since they will not be covered by a separate binding on the backing side. When you are finished all your quilting, you cut the backing one inch bigger all the way around. I like to cut the batting about 1/2" bigger than the edge of the quilt top so that the binding is nice and plump. Then you fold the edge of the backing in to meet the edge of the quilt top, and fold again to make the binding. Then you topstitch this edge on the front side of the quilt, and it looks beautiful - especially for baby quilts which are going to be washed more frequently. Hope this is clear. Any one else use this method for some of their quilts?
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