Originally Posted by redkimba
I'm about to finish a quilt top. I'm trying to make this look as though it had been made in the 1860s - not faking it, just reproducing the look.
When I go to bind the edges, which was more common: to use the backing fabric rolled up over the edge to the front or to use a separate binding over the quilt edge?
I've looked at some originals, and it seems that if I use a separate binding it wouldn't be too bad, but the pictures don't show the back of the quilts.
I have 2 quilts made by my family from the late 1800 and early 1900 and both had the fold over method. I am thinking that the fold over would be more common but a separate binding is not impossible