Originally Posted by
Holice
When you fold the binding over (either side) do you align the edge to:
1. before the stitching line
2. on the stitching line
3 or after the stitching line.
4. or wherever it lands on the other side.
How do you align if your seam in stitching binding on is not consistenly even.
Several of the above comments said "I don't enter my quilts in competition so it is ok with me". What exactly do mean by this. Do you have a different standard of quality if the quilt is entered in a show and one made for charity.
Is there extra effort made when entering the quilt than charity quilts.
Holice,
Maybe I'm taking this wrong but it seems you are offended that people may take more time or make a bigger effort on show quilts than they would on charity quilts.
This is my take on the subject:
I have yet to start my first full size quilt and doubt I'll ever enter one in a show so I'm far from an expert. That said, in almost everything that people compete in, not just quilts, there are differences in standards that must be met in order to win those competitions. I'm going to use cars as an example. There are a lot of show cars out there that never leave the trailer except to be unloaded at the next show. The owners put a lot of time and effort into keeping the car absolutely spotless including the undercarriage in order to win those competions. The same sort of thing applies to quilts. Judges have to nitpick things to death sometimes in order to make a decision as to which quilt (or show car) wins. That includes things like whether or not the stitches were done by hand or machine and whether or not there's any dirt on the underside of the car.
It doesn't mean that the person making a quilt for charity cares more or less than the (sometimes the same) person making a quilt to compete at shows, it just means a different set of standards does apply. Show quilts are judged on things like technical skill and beauty, charity quilts are judged by repeated washings and sometimes some pretty hard use.
The point I'm trying to make is both quilts are equally valid but they are intended for different purposes and different rules do apply.
Rodney