Originally Posted by
hutch farm
I thought I read somewhere that it's ok to sew your binding strip along the edge of your quilt before you square it up. Am I way off base with that? In otherwords, can I just leave my quilt sandwich bigger around the edges (not square it up), sew on the binding and then trim? Is there any advantage to this? Thanks!!
As with all things...there are as many ways to do something as there are folks to do them. I am a long arm quilter...when I am going to be binding the quilt...I trim fairly close to the edges of the top...except...when I know the top is wonky...I then leave some space (1/2" or so)...that way when I sew on the binding I use the binding to determine a straight line. I trim if needed after I put the first sewn side of the binding on. Works for me...probably not the "standard" way, but it's my way.