Bree123

I've never used the decorative stitches except in the New Bernina Owners classes. I'm typically very no-frills, but my 4-year-old niece just designed her first quilt. She painted the whole cloth fabric & then drew me a picture of what she wanted quilted & picked out the threads. It's -- of course -- a pink princess castle. Go figure!

I'm thinking I'd like to do a little row of decorative flowers in the binding. So I need tips on that.

Also, I kinda messed up rushing through things & the back is just a touch shorter than I'd like so here's what I'd like to do unless someone tells me it won't work:
1) Sew the binding onto the front with a 1/4" seam.
2) Press the binding up & then pin in place.
3) Sew the row of flowers until it almost reaches each corner on all 4 sides.
4) Press again & hand stitch the binding to the back of the quilt with a 1/2" seam.

I think I'd probably need 2.5 - 2.75" strips for binding. I never understand the math for binding. I normally would cut at 2". I need to add more to have the wider binding on the back, to allow for some fabric to be taken up in the "decorative quilting" & to accommodate my thick cotton binding (W&P).

I'm so bummed because I meant to cut the backing big enough to self-bind but somehow cut it too short lengthwise so I'm trying to come up with a solution. It's a doll quilt that we made in 1-2 hours total so I don't have a lot invested in it, but she is so proud of her first design so I want to do a somewhat decent job with it.

Thanks in advance for any advice!!!