Binding corners?
#1
Binding corners?
When coming to the corners of your miter and then turning the quilt to go down the other side, do you go back and sew into the mitered and go to the point of the miter or do you just go around the quilt and not sew the miters down? Thanks
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I hand sew my binding to the back with one strand of strong matching thread. At the corner, I sew the miter closed on both sides, bring my thread back to the back and knot my thread before continuing to sew the binding. The knot in the thread hold the miter closed and prevents the thread from pulling the corner out of shape as I proceed.
#4
I’m assuming you’re talking about actually attaching the binding to the quilt? I do both, don’t have a preference. Sometimes I’ll stop 1/4” from the edge, lock the stitches and trim the threads, then turn the quilt and start again. Other times I’ll sew into the mitered point. I’ve not found that one is better than the other. Since I always hand-stitch the binding to the back of the quilt, I do sew a few stitches into the mitered corners on the front and back then.
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Join Date: Jun 2010
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I sew my binding on by machine on both sides, keeping all the stitches on the binding itself, and yes, I sew into the corners of the binding. I just don't want it to come undone. FYI...I only do quilts for myself and family. No show quilts for me.
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