Binding and a great solution
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Binding and a great solution
I hate putting binding on....well, I have a solution to that problem. Been quilting for 30+ yrs.
Got this huge quilt done and started using my walking foot as usual. Of course, front went fine. I usually do the binging on the back first. So I used the foot and did not like how it turned out on front when stitching from back. Ripped that out. Then I used a felled foot. That went fine for a bit. Tore out again.
Finally I put on my "stitch in the ditch foot" and wow.....done within 30 min. So if you are like me....
use that "stitch in the ditch foot" when sewing it to back!
Avante Quilter!
Got this huge quilt done and started using my walking foot as usual. Of course, front went fine. I usually do the binging on the back first. So I used the foot and did not like how it turned out on front when stitching from back. Ripped that out. Then I used a felled foot. That went fine for a bit. Tore out again.
Finally I put on my "stitch in the ditch foot" and wow.....done within 30 min. So if you are like me....
use that "stitch in the ditch foot" when sewing it to back!
Avante Quilter!
#3
i use that foot, too. but i sew the binding to the back first. then, on the front, i place the stitch-in-the-ditch/ joining foot along the edge of the binding on front and move the needle to the right a few clicks. this gives me a straight line and an even distance from the edge of the binding
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Wow, I never thought of using the SITD foot. Thanks, I've never been happy with my machine bindings. I usually sew to the front and hand stitch to the back. I may have to dig that foot out and give it a try.
#7
I have never been happy with the way it looks when I put binding on and sew both the front and the back by machine. I hate to hand sew the binding. My solution is to make a faux piped binding. That is pretty much all I use on my quilts. It looks good and is easy. There are lots of youtube videos on how to make it.
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She has plenty of neat projects to make. Only been to her site once but like how she explains things.
http://www.seasonedhomemaker.com/sew...e-stitch-foot/
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