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Originally Posted by Sadiemae
I machine stitch bindinge because my hands won't let me hand sew any longer without sleeping. My late DM always did it for me, now I do it the way I can.
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Here's some tutorials that helped me.(Be sure to scroll down to catch the whole tut.) I hope they help ya'll.
Ladder stitch http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-40083-1.htm Glue basting http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-29275-1.htm |
Originally Posted by QuiltnNan
I think a hand-sewn binding looks better on the quilt. But I don't do show quilts. Sewing the binding by hand can be relaxing, as well. But if you don't want to, there is no reason not to do it by machine. I attach it to the back and sew it down to the front with one of the simple decorative stitches on my machine.
That's my method exactly! I have just never felt that hand-sewing for the binding would be strong enough to hold up to all the tugging and pulling that a binding gets. But then my quilts are to be used and loved, not put on a shelf. :lol: :lol: |
I have done mine both ways.
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Originally Posted by MadQuilter
I still sew mine on by machine from the front, pull it to the back and hand stitch it down with a double thread. My stitches are not super small but also not gallopping horse size either and mine have held up to solid use. The binding on my favorite quilt is getting very thin but the seam is still solid. It is a great thing to do while the TV is on.
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I don't like hand stitching of any kind, however, I force myself to hand stitch binding. 1. because it looks neater & 2. I just can't get the hang of machine stitching the binding.
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I just went to a quilt show judging last week. The judge we had said even it there are no curves the binding should be on bias because it will wear better in the long run. It should be hand sewn on the back using a ladder stitch. The corners are to be a perfect 90 degree miter and the little flap from the miter corner should be sewn shut. The binding should be full of batting and if it not she advised to cut little strips of batting and lay in there to fill it when you are hand sewing. If it is full of batting it will wear better. Now, if you not showing a quilt and it is for kids to run around with I would machine sew if you don't enjoy hand sewing.
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Both are OK - machining is quicker.
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I hate doing it, too, but I discovered that what I hate is the mitered corners. So I create a template and round them off. Now the binding goes around smoothly and looks very nice.
Another thing I've done is machine sew to the back and then use a decorative stitch in a contrasting color to machine sew to the front. Very sweet! |
Someone from this site was kind enough to furnish me with this wonderful site for machine binding - I don't think I will ever bind differently from now on - it is beautiful! Good Luck.
http://tlcstitches.blogspot.com/2010...-tutorial.html |
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