Binding -- How can I keep the binding seams from ending up at a corner?
#21
Originally Posted by LeslieFrost
Originally Posted by Holice
and if you find that after doing all this a seam still ends up unexpectedly at the corner.....stop and move the seam up
#22
Originally Posted by true4uca
Lol, I just make way to much & re-seam (is that a word) as I go.
#23
This is what I do!
Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
Lay the quilt out and lay the binding along the edges. If a seam is close to a corner move it one way or the other until there aren't any seams on any corner. Then put a big straight pin in the spot where you want to start.
#24
Originally Posted by Cathou
Move the seam up!?!?! I don't understand???
If it's going to land right on the corner, cut next to the seam, remove a couple of inches (a little more more if you have used diagonal seams) and sew the binding seam again. Test it and make sure that the seam is well away from that corner and then go back to sewing on your binding. :)
#27
Originally Posted by EasyPeezy
I do a test run also. Put a pin where you want to start then go round the quilt.
Adjust if needed. Yes, you have to roll that binding again but it's worth it. :-D
Adjust if needed. Yes, you have to roll that binding again but it's worth it. :-D
#28
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Join Date: Jan 2007
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I always walk my binding around my quilts before starting to sew it on permanently. Ask me why I know to do that? Same problem you are having, but it was only once to realize look ahead so it doesn't happen again. Make enough binding so you can move it as needed when walking it around the quilt and also allow for you extra at each corner. Then I glue baste and heat set before sewing the one side down it is so much easier and looks so much nicer this way.
Good Luck
Suzy
Good Luck
Suzy
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