Better late than never--Just "found" the right foot for sewing bindings!
09-02-2012, 01:55 PM
#21
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Now this is really funny. I've been sewing for more years than I care to admit and today I figured out the exact same thing. I had the SITD sole on my walking foot so didn't bother to change it. Sewed binding on wrong side & when I turned quilt over to sew it on the front. . . Bingo! A light bulb went off. Little did I know it was your light bulb. LOL.
09-03-2012, 04:26 AM
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Originally Posted by moreland
I've been at this quilting stuff for 20 years or so and just this past couple of quilts did it finally dawn on me that my "stitch in the ditch" foot (#10) for my Bernina Activia 135 is wonderful for stitching bindings down by machine on the front of the quilt! I just moved the needle over to the right size and stitched away--It works so well, I can't imagine why I've been so slow catching on. But I thought it might make someone else look over their machine feet and perhaps find one that will make some of your quilting easier!
09-03-2012, 06:26 AM
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I think you could use the walking foot the same way as any foot for the corners - sew to the seam's length away from the corner (usually 1/4"), remove the quilt from the machine, fold the binding up at a 45 degree angle, fold it down square with the side you just sewed, sew from the top to the next edge and repeat.
You don't have to remove the quilt from the machine when you get to the corner. Just sew from that point, 1/4 inch from the edge, or whatever seam allowance you are doing, to the very corner on a diagonal. Leave your needle in the last little bit of fabric in the corner. Lift the presser foot. Turn the quilt to come down the next side. Fold the binding back, slide up, and fold down. Then lift the needle and move over to the place where you want to sew. Lower presser foot and away you go down the next side. No cutting of thread at the corner!
You don't have to remove the quilt from the machine when you get to the corner. Just sew from that point, 1/4 inch from the edge, or whatever seam allowance you are doing, to the very corner on a diagonal. Leave your needle in the last little bit of fabric in the corner. Lift the presser foot. Turn the quilt to come down the next side. Fold the binding back, slide up, and fold down. Then lift the needle and move over to the place where you want to sew. Lower presser foot and away you go down the next side. No cutting of thread at the corner!
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