Has anyone used a binding attachment?
#11
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I love to hand stitch my binding on so have never tried to use the machine binding foot that came with my machine. I do know a lot of people like to machine stitch their binding on but it just isn't for me.
#12
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I am one of those who tried one in a class at sew expo. I was impressed with it, but the project we made was a simple bag, and the binding attachment was used to sew binding up one side of the bag, continue on the binding fabric to make a strap, then go back down the opposite side of the bag. The ends of the binding were tied in "decorative" knots. I liked it, but my thinking was if using it for quilts, how do you go around the corner of a quilt? That was something the demo did not address at all; in fact it was almost like the instructor deliberately avoided it.
#14
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.. seemed too much money although it did work well ---- but don't all those gadgets work well when someone is demo-ing them! LOL
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#15
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Lubbock, TX
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I have a set of binding attachment feet for various size bindings. However, none of them make a binding suitable for a quilt, IMHO. they’re all too narrow, and look “manufactured”. Handy for craft projects when bindings are called for, but I do t use this method for my quilts. Best foot I’ve found for machine binding the fold down to the front of the quilt, is the Edge Foot (#10 on BERNINA).
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