BINDING, Do you turn from the back to the front or front to back?
03-23-2011, 07:50 AM
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I don't think that it matters. It is entirely a personal choice. If you are doing all of the binding by machine, wrapping it from the back to the front and top stitching it down, ensures that your binding looks great on the front. This way you can even select a decorative stitch and have it straight and even. If you are planning on hand stitching it down, everyone I know, stitches it to the front and wraps it to the back. Your binding, your choice. As my daughter reminds me "The baby won't care!"
03-23-2011, 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by supergma
If I want to hand stitch the binding down, I sew to the front, turn to the back. If I am going to machine stitch it down, I do just the opposite.
Jan in VA
03-23-2011, 08:53 AM
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I machine stitch mine to the front, turn to the back and hand stitch down. :D The only exception to that is if I'm doing a pet quilt - then I machine stitch to the front, turn it, pin it and machine stitch it to the back staying in the ditch of where it's stitched on the front. (easier to do than describe! lol)
03-23-2011, 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by supergma
If I want to hand stitch the binding down, I sew to the front, turn to the back. If I am going to machine stitch it down, I do just the opposite.
Pam M
03-23-2011, 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Lori S
It depends on the project. I do it both ways. But I always machine stitch my bindings.
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