Does anyone else do this?
#11
I make my binding as soon as I finish the top. I then roll it onto an empty thread spool as I'm ironing it. By the time I get the top back from LAr the crease as set and I don't have any issues with it separating.
#12
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: MN
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I cut my binding on the bias - and I do baste the edges together before putting the binding on the quilt so that it lays the way I want it to. Otherwise one layer would shift on me. I might consider gluing the edges together, though, instead of sewing them together with long, shallow, zigzag stitches.
I DO NOT press the binding in half - because I believe that the final fold shifts a bit as the binding is turned twice - maybe only a small fraction of an inch - (maybe the difference between a 1/4 inch seam and a scant 1/4 inch seam)
I DO NOT press the binding in half - because I believe that the final fold shifts a bit as the binding is turned twice - maybe only a small fraction of an inch - (maybe the difference between a 1/4 inch seam and a scant 1/4 inch seam)
#18
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Macon, Ga
Posts: 272
I apply light starch on the binding as I fold it and press. Keeps it together and smooth.
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