Originally Posted by
mandyrose
way back when before I learned quilting I use to make the pointy end table runners you know the usual way two pieces of fabric right sides together sew leave an opening turn and then fight with those seams from rolling back inside to get a good flat pressed seam.....well since I learned how to binde and miter corners(thank you QB members)I been makeing them with binding yesterday a friend ask me to make a quick table runner for her I made it the old way the sewing is the easy part its the turning and getting those seams to lay flat I'll never make them like that again I'll put the wrong sides together and binde them so much easier and faster even with six miters.........dose anybody else feel this way?
What I've always done to make crisp edges is to punch out from the inside and pin closely. Then take an iron over the edges with pins still in.
On Sewing with Nancy this morning, Nancy had a TURNING TOOL---------sort of like a miniature old fashioned ice tongs------the ones that picked up a block of ice