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Old 11-21-2011, 10:12 AM
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karenpatrick
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Originally Posted by dcquilter View Post
I saw a tv quilting program where they used a decorative stitch on the top of the quilt to sew the binding down, you just
make sure that it catches the binding on the bottom of the quilt, but it looked really good.
This is how I do mine. I have arthritis in my hands and hand sewing is almost impossible. I sew the binding to the back, wrap it around to the front, anchor it well, I use those binder clips that look like hair clips, and use a decorative stitch to sew to the front. A lot of quilters wouldn't approve, but it's my quilt and I can do it how I want. I often use a buttonhole stitch.
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