do you bind by machine or by hand?
#81
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I machine stitch. I use several different methods depending on how I want it to look and wear in the finished product.
By the time I get to the binding I am already just "chomping at the Bit" so to speak to get on to the next quilt , that my patience would not tolerate me hand stitching if there was and is a faster way.
By the time I get to the binding I am already just "chomping at the Bit" so to speak to get on to the next quilt , that my patience would not tolerate me hand stitching if there was and is a faster way.
#84
I almost always machine stitch the binding to the back, press well then machine stitch to the front. I think it is the pressing that makes it easier. Using a decorative stitch adds to the beauty of the quilt.
#88
Originally Posted by ckcowl
i machine stitch binding to the front then fold to the back and hand stitch. i have been (lazy) a couple times and machine stitched both sides...when time was an issue and i didn't have time to do it right.. i always feel horrible when i cut corners and do that-- i think it looks like crap and ruins all the work i put intothe quilt in the first place to finish with a shoddy technique for the binding.
i'm sure it's just me- i just don't like the way they look when they are machine applied...always looks...like it came from walmart to me.
a quilt that was maybe a good $500 quilt, suddenly becomes a $50 , ashamed to give it away quilt.
i know some people successfully machine apply their bindings and like it that way...it's just one of those (things) with me.
i'm sure it's just me- i just don't like the way they look when they are machine applied...always looks...like it came from walmart to me.
a quilt that was maybe a good $500 quilt, suddenly becomes a $50 , ashamed to give it away quilt.
i know some people successfully machine apply their bindings and like it that way...it's just one of those (things) with me.
#89
Originally Posted by bunniequilter
I bind everything by machine. I also sew the binding to the back with a 1/4 seam allownace first then pull it to the front and stitch down by machine. This method gives me a bit of a wider binding on the front and it covers the bobbin thread that shows on the front from stitching to the back first. I normaly use a 3 1/2 inch wide straight grain binding folded in half for the actual binding.
#90
Originally Posted by jjuhl
I do most of mine by machine anymore - carpal tunnel makes my hand fall asleep when I do hand stitching (very annoying!). I found this really cool binding foot that works great.
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