Do most of you hand bind or machine bind your binding
04-01-2013, 06:29 AM
#151
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Originally Posted by momto5
I machine stitch almost all of my bindings....but there are a lot of folks on the Board who handstitch the back after sewing the front on by machine. And, I suppose, a lot of them who still do it all by hand...
04-01-2013, 09:54 AM
#152
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Same here!
Originally Posted by busy fingers
I machine everything else so why not the binding. Sometimes I stitch the binding onto the back and bring it around to the front and then machine stitch and other times I stitch the binding to the front - as is usual - and machine stitch down on the back. Either way I am happy with the result and know that it is going to stay stitched no matter what.
04-02-2013, 12:32 PM
#154
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I machine stitch. I don't enjoy hand work and I don't care for the look of hand stitched bindings. I go back to front as long as there is a border because that is the look I like. I think the binding is the final border. IF there is no border I go front to back so as not to change the shape of the edge blocks.
04-02-2013, 07:30 PM
#156
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I machine stitch it to the front then fold it over and hand stitch to the backing, pretty much my favorite part other than piecing the front. I find it relaxing and it gives me something to do when I can't or don't feel like being at my sewing machine. SANDWICHING..... that is my NEMESIS!!!!!!
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