Originally Posted by KarenK
Originally Posted by QuiltE
Originally Posted by clem55
quilt top facing up,ruffle wrong side up,raw edge to edge of top, then binding on top of ruffle,raw edges match.sew, turn, the binding will have to go all the way over. It won't show at all,and the ruffle will be on the edge of your top, sticking out.
Clem ... Do you think it's going to be too much bulk ... front (with seams, batting doubled over, double layers of the ruffle, double layers of the binding all stitched together and then flipped over to the back??? ... then hand stitched?
Before starting on the quilt, I would make a mock-up to work out all the kinks. The bulk could be made smaller by zigzagging the edge before turning the binding (facing) to the back.
Also, batiks look almost the same on both sides. Would it be possible to make a single layer ruffle with a small hem by using a coordinating batik? - or would it look like an add-on?
Good thought ... though I think for this quilt the batik would be so different in type to the quilt fabric. Might be one to use on another quilt though!