Originally Posted by
mjpEncinitas
Can you do it similar to birthing a quilt and then cutting the back so it is binding size?
Originally Posted by
mjpEncinitas
is it possible to birth it and then cut 1" or so from the edge, turn under and handstitch to hold that down?
I'm kind of confused by your descriptions of birthing a quilt. When you birth a quilt, do you not lay the 2 sides of the quilt, right sides together, then put a layer of batting on top, then sew around it? Leaving a smallish hole where you can turn the quilt right side out, which you then hand-stitch closed.
If this description is correct, how do you birth it and
then trim the edge? Wouldn't the edges all be inside the quilt?
I would birth it as I describe, then topstitch around the edge about 1/4" to 1/2" from the edge. I think this will help it look like binding from a distance. Or, as osewme says, just bind it with bias.