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07-18-2011, 07:34 PM
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If you used a 1/4 in seam to sew the top to the bottom, would it be too noticeable to trim around the edges about 1/8 of an inch (just to cut off the stitching) so you will end up with a separate top and bottom (at the edges, anyway?)? Then you could 'square up' the top with the bottom and put a nice binding on it and no one would ever know. And you'd be saving about a million miles off your seam ripper.
Shhhh---I can hear the quilt police sirens coming to get me.
Shhhh---I can hear the quilt police sirens coming to get me.
07-18-2011, 10:08 PM
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Yes, stop quilting until you unsew all 4 sides, then smooth out the back and pin or baste the quilt to determine if you need to add fabric to the back. If you don't need to add any fabric, then finish the quilting and then put on the binding. It is amazing how binding can fix various quilt problems.
07-19-2011, 03:43 AM
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Originally Posted by renee765
If you used a 1/4 in seam to sew the top to the bottom, would it be too noticeable to trim around the edges about 1/8 of an inch (just to cut off the stitching) so you will end up with a separate top and bottom (at the edges, anyway?)? Then you could 'square up' the top with the bottom and put a nice binding on it and no one would ever know. And you'd be saving about a million miles off your seam ripper.
Shhhh---I can hear the quilt police sirens coming to get me.
Shhhh---I can hear the quilt police sirens coming to get me.
I'll run interference with the quilt police, you go help her!
07-19-2011, 03:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Joyce R
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07-19-2011, 03:49 AM
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when you start in the middle you need to go in both directions- doesn't work to do all the verticals- then the horizontals- you need to do a vertical line- then go do a horizontal line-
birthing the quilt does cause it's own set of problems- if you plan to quilt afterwards- it is a better method for tyed quilts.
when you machine quilt the backing/batting needs to be larger than the top- it is like embroidering or doing applique= the stitching process (draws up) the fabric- that's why we cut our embroidered/appliqued blocks larger- then square up after the stitching is done.
as you quilt the top will be (drawn up) in the same ways...so after quilting is when we square up- trim the edges.
it's not impossible to quilt it after birthing it= but it takes alot more work= so if you thought that would be easier???sorry-
it's easier to just quilt it then bind it.
birthing the quilt does cause it's own set of problems- if you plan to quilt afterwards- it is a better method for tyed quilts.
when you machine quilt the backing/batting needs to be larger than the top- it is like embroidering or doing applique= the stitching process (draws up) the fabric- that's why we cut our embroidered/appliqued blocks larger- then square up after the stitching is done.
as you quilt the top will be (drawn up) in the same ways...so after quilting is when we square up- trim the edges.
it's not impossible to quilt it after birthing it= but it takes alot more work= so if you thought that would be easier???sorry-
it's easier to just quilt it then bind it.
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