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Old 08-28-2011, 12:27 PM
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DogHouseMom
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Yahoo!! I just finished the quilting on the Twisted Palms landscape!! Now ... the binding.

I have a question as to how to proceed.

My border is pieced and left a zig zag edge (see pic below). I laid the quilt on my cutting table to cut the excess border edges, batting, and backing off. I had two rulers placed in a corner and I noticed it's out of square. Should I block it before I cut off any excess and add the binding? Or wait until I bind it.

Also, with regard to the binding ... should I attach the front of the front of the binding BEFORE or after I trim the excess?

In a perfect world I would like the binding to be 1/4" from the outer tips of the twined pieces in the border, and I'd like it to be square :)

Outer edge of pieced border. I need to cut the excess tips off. But when?
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