kellen46

[QUOTE=MaryLane;5034868]I am just going to say this up front. I don't like hand sewing and avoid it at all costs. I not only don't like doing it, I am not a real fan of seeing a lot of it.

I do my bindings by machine and love the look. Both of my grandmothers did theirs the same way. Stitch it to the back and roll to the front and top stitch. That is the look I like best. I do sometimes go the other way and stitch in the ditch from the top. It all looks good to me.

At a quilt show last Thursday I was looking at something with my MIL and the vendor commented on how I could use it when I did handwork. I chuckled and said, "I don't do handwork if I can avoid it."

She said, "Except for your bindings, of course."

I said, "No. I do those by machine. I like how they look ."


Ooops time to come out of the closet. I don't dislike handwork but I do my machine pieced, machine quilted quilt bindings the same way. It looks fine, lasts long . It is not that I don't like handwork, I do embroidery. I don't think the binding on quilts is as strong when hand sewn. I like my quilts to be used and used up. So I guess I will join the ranks of weirdo with you. The quilt snobs have already chastised me for saying I make blankies not artwork. To my mind if a quilt is meant to go on a bed and keep you warm then it is a blankie. If it is meant to be treasured and preserved, not used, if it is meant to go on a wall then it is an art quilt. I don't care if I win a prize or all the ooh and ahhs. I just love sitting at my sewing machine and making things for my friends and family. Call me proud to be a weirdo.