Binding
#21
I also cut 2 1/2" & use 3/8" s.a. BUT I DO NOT PRESS my binding in 1/2! I encourage everyone to at least TRY this method once. The binding "rolls" over the quilt and lays so nice and flat and in perfect position to be sewn down-IMHO
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I've always resisted pressing my bindings in half - I do baste the raw edges together -
The reason is that when the fabric has to make all those turns, the "half" mark is no longer at the final fold line. It may be only a couple of threads off, but - - - at any rate, doing it this way seems to work for me.
The reason is that when the fabric has to make all those turns, the "half" mark is no longer at the final fold line. It may be only a couple of threads off, but - - - at any rate, doing it this way seems to work for me.
#26
Holice does a great job....the only way I could remember how to attach the ends was the soldier story.
If I attach it by machine I attach it to the back and bring it to the front and topstitch it or decortaive stitch it. Wont in a contest but it is finished.
If I attach it by machine I attach it to the back and bring it to the front and topstitch it or decortaive stitch it. Wont in a contest but it is finished.
#28
Something I learned from one of my instructors....IF you cut your binding 2.5 inches, then trim your quilt back and batting a quarter inch larger than the quilt top. That way your binding will be "full" when you fold it to the back. If you ever have a quilt judged, they will look to see if your binding is full.
#30
Originally Posted by rkymtnquilter
Something I learned from one of my instructors....IF you cut your binding 2.5 inches, then trim your quilt back and batting a quarter inch larger than the quilt top. That way your binding will be "full" when you fold it to the back. If you ever have a quilt judged, they will look to see if your binding is full.
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