Handsewing the binding...
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Handsewing the binding...
So - how long does it take you? I naively thought I could reach a pace of 1-1.5 inches/minute. Not so much as it turns out. Taking out the time spent purely socializing, at came to about 0.5 inches per minute - which meant 8 hours this weekend putting on a binding for our show. We have to turn in the quilts tonight, so it had to get done - unfortunately in one long weekend.
Hopefully over time, it will get easier for me. I've not done a lot of bindings yet. I did find that after finishing a lethal margarita at the hockey team pool party yesterday that I became much less critical of my work...
This quilt will be display only. I need a new thimble as I wore out the leather thimble - though I may try adding a leather patch to it to get a little more use out of it. By midnight, I was turning the thimble in odd directions (it is one designed for those of us with longer fingernails).
Cheers, K
Hopefully over time, it will get easier for me. I've not done a lot of bindings yet. I did find that after finishing a lethal margarita at the hockey team pool party yesterday that I became much less critical of my work...
This quilt will be display only. I need a new thimble as I wore out the leather thimble - though I may try adding a leather patch to it to get a little more use out of it. By midnight, I was turning the thimble in odd directions (it is one designed for those of us with longer fingernails).
Cheers, K
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It does take me a couple of days to hand stitch a binding on a big quilt because I break up my time as not to aggravate the pinched nerve in my sholder/ neck. I have found it goes quicker and is less frustrating since someone posted a link to locking the single strand of thicker thread onto the needle.
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My goal, now that the show deadline is met is to be able to bring quilts with me to hockey practice and games and bind at a leisurely pace. I am paying the price for this weekend... my shoulder is inflamed again (the reason I was so far behind with the quilting in the first place) and I'm stiff. But I did get some variety - ice rink, swim party, in the car, and of course at home...
Cheers, K
Cheers, K
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I've never really timed myself. I do break it up and usually do it in the evening when I'm watching TV or when I know I'm going to have some sitting time somewhere. I tried doing it in the car - relax I was the passenger - but there was too much jiggling to do it well. It's actually one of my favorite parts of the process but I like fussy stuff to do.
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I've never really timed myself. I do break it up and usually do it in the evening when I'm watching TV or when I know I'm going to have some sitting time somewhere. I tried doing it in the car - relax I was the passenger - but there was too much jiggling to do it well. It's actually one of my favorite parts of the process but I like fussy stuff to do.
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It used to take me quite a while to do my bindings but now, generally I can do the hand stitching part on a queen sized quilt in 2-3 hours. With practice you get faster and better as with most things. It is my favorite part because when its done so is a new quilt :-)
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