BINDING, Do you turn from the back to the front or front to back?
03-25-2011, 03:28 AM
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Me too. Machine stitching to the back just doesn't come out good for me.
I have recently found a tutorial on faux piped binding. I've done this on a few quilts, and it really works welll.
http://tlcstitches.blogspot.com/2010...-tutorial.html
I have recently found a tutorial on faux piped binding. I've done this on a few quilts, and it really works welll.
http://tlcstitches.blogspot.com/2010...-tutorial.html
03-25-2011, 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by chuckbere15
Most of my quilts I have turned up the back, mom taught me. However, I did do binding on one and the end results not so good. The quilt I am working on now, I am going to do binding if it kills me. I did purchase the attachment for my machine to put binding on, but not sure how that works.
03-25-2011, 01:32 PM
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Because of degenerating wrist joints, hand sewing is a very painful process for me. 90% of my quilts are for children's charities so I cut the batting even with the quilt top, cut the backing 1 1/2 inches wider than top and batting, double fold it to the front and machine stitch down using the walking foot and usually decorative stitches. The Quick Easy Mitred Binding tool is worth it's weight in gold for this method. The instructions are very clear and I especially like the nice flat mitred corners.
03-25-2011, 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by MommaDorian
I machine stitch to the front and wrap around to the back with a blind stitch.
03-25-2011, 07:00 PM
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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.
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