Looking for Machine Binding Tips
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There is a great one by McCall's magazine that is called flange so that your top stitching won't show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcF_FIFeStY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcF_FIFeStY
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try this with a flat felt foot
https://awomanaday.com/2013/01/17/ha...nding-edition/
or this:
http://www.redpepperquilts.com/2009/...-tutorial.html
https://awomanaday.com/2013/01/17/ha...nding-edition/
or this:
http://www.redpepperquilts.com/2009/...-tutorial.html
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I just recently started using the method PaperPrincess linked to. If you press the other way it looks like piping instead of flange due to the seam allowance filling up that area! Here is a close up of a recent quilt I did that way:
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Here is what the back looks like, you can see the stitching on the back.
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]549917[/ATTACH]
Here is what the back looks like, you can see the stitching on the back.
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I just do it the traditional way by sewing the binding to the back of the quilt, flipping the binding around the raw edges to the front of the quilt, then sew the binding down from the front side of the quilt. The only tip I have is to cut the binding strips 2 1/4" wide rather than the traditional 2 1/2" wide. I find the stritching line on the backside of my quilt looks much neater and comes much closer to hitting the seam line with the more narrow binding strip. It also makes your binding fuller.
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I attach all my bindings by machine because the arthritis in my hands makes it impossible to do otherwise. I use Melanie Rudy's method, but it does take a bit of practice. I find that a 2 1/4" strip (folded in half) makes a more even (front vs. back) binding that a typical 2 1/2" used to when I stitched by hand. (I have no idea why - it just does.)
#9
Thank-you everyone. Not sure I want the piping look so I'm going to try attaching it to the back first & sewing it down on the front. Going to try it on a table runner before I tackle a big quilt. It sure is nice to come to this forum when in need. Quilters are great!
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I find that a 2 1/4" strip (folded in half) makes a more even (front vs. back) binding that a typical 2 1/2" used to when I stitched by hand. (I have no idea why - it just does.)
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