Excess batting and backing
#11
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Lakeland, Florida
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I trim mine first. I have even sewed the binding on just the top before sandwiching it, but this only works with machine or handquilting it. That's the way my DM taught me and she's quilted for many,many, many yrs. and there's NO quilt police!
#13
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Western Wisconsin
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I used to trim mine, then sew on the binding with a 1/4" seam. However, now I square up the quilt first and mark the squared-up line with a Sharpie permanent marker. Usually I do a fairly big zigzag stitch outside the marked line to stabilize the edge, then rough-cut outside the zigzagging. The marked line clearly shows the edge of the quilt, so I line up the cut edges of the binding with the Sharpie line and sew the binding on.
Only after the binding is sewn on do I cut the excess batting and fabric away. Before I cut, I pull the binding over to make sure the binding will be filled. This allows me to make any minor adjustment in the 1/4" seam allowance so that the binding folds over the edge perfectly.
This system works really well for me.
Only after the binding is sewn on do I cut the excess batting and fabric away. Before I cut, I pull the binding over to make sure the binding will be filled. This allows me to make any minor adjustment in the 1/4" seam allowance so that the binding folds over the edge perfectly.
This system works really well for me.
#18
I try to have about 2-3 inches overshoot of both backing and batting prior to quilting in case there's shifting while quilting. I leave it during binding and then use a good old-fashined pair of Fiskars sheers to trim backing/binding to 1/4 inch binding seam. Works for me!
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