Help With Binding, PLEASE!
#11
Originally Posted by AnnaK
I don't iron it but someone taught me to use the hair clips little girls use to hold the binding down while I stitch it. You could pin it too, but they can stick you!
#12
I don't iron it to crease it, but I do iron it as though I was pressing a seam. Usually I sew the binding to the front and hand sew to the back. So what I do is put the quilt face down on the ironing board and gently pull the binding out straight while ironing. After I press, I use the binding clips to hold the side I'm working on. It seems easier to keep the binding from turning back away from me that way.
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I always press the binding in half before attaching to the quilt. It lays flatter for me. Also if there are bobbles cut in the binding they can be straightened up in the sewing process or trimmed if necessary. it is also easier in doing corners and joining the binding.
After the binding is attached by the machine, I then irong it from the front. This creases the sewing line and makes it lay flatter.I press from the top and into the corners which also make it easier to do the mitre.
Everyone has their opinion but this works better for me.
After the binding is attached by the machine, I then irong it from the front. This creases the sewing line and makes it lay flatter.I press from the top and into the corners which also make it easier to do the mitre.
Everyone has their opinion but this works better for me.
#17
I iron but I also use the Elmer's school glue to hold it down as I sew it. If you search glue at the top, it should give you other topics on this. Basically, you put a very thin line down and use the iron to set it and then I stitch away! Washes right out!I load up on teh stuff every fall just for this use!
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