Iceblossom |
08-06-2019 11:54 AM |
Birthing is when you put your quilt together "inside out", you sew around 3 sides, or leave an opening on the 4th side and pull the quilt through so that the top is the right side out, the backing is the right side out and the batting is in the middle.
I typically have the batting layer first, then the pieced top right side up on top of the batting, and the backing inside out on top of the pieced top. Once you "birth it" everything should be the correct orientation.
Knife edge looks essentially the same but typically you turn the seam in and then like blanket stitch the outer edge or sometimes just a narrow machine sewn seam.
Don't do much of this technique any more but I used to do all my baby quilts for the first 10 or so years like that. Now I'm all about the French double fold continuous bias binding.
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