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IT_Nana 01-31-2011 05:25 AM

I've finished hand quilting my newest (to be) GD quilt which is made of flannel and minky and backed with flannel. I always double the binding, machine stitching to the front then hand stitching on the back. I'm wondering if two layers of flannel is going to be too thick ... I'm especially concerned about the corners. Have any of you done the double binding in flannel with mitered corners?

cherylynne 01-31-2011 05:26 AM

I have done several quilts with mitered flannel binding and they come out beautiful. I do them just as I would do any other quilt. Have fun.

MTS 01-31-2011 06:07 AM

I, too, was concerned about that. I chickened out and ended up doing a bias binding AND I rounded the edges of the quilt. ;-)
Worked perfectly.

CoyoteQuilts 01-31-2011 06:09 AM

I never do anything different with flannel and was surprised when everybody started talking about the changes they did when working with it.

MTS 01-31-2011 06:13 AM

You know, you're probably right. But I was so sick of the quilt by the time I finished quilting it and I didn't want anything - ANYTHING - to prevent me from finishing it and getting it out of my sight. You know how that is.

On the other flannel quilts (they were combos), I actually used regular cotton to bind and it was fine.

Next time I'll give it a chance.

sidmona 01-31-2011 06:43 AM


Originally Posted by cherylynne
I have done several quilts with mitered flannel binding and they come out beautiful. I do them just as I would do any other quilt. Have fun.

Same here.

GwynR 01-31-2011 06:53 AM

Never had any problems doing it that way.

sewwhat85 01-31-2011 07:07 AM

sounds like it will work

IT_Nana 01-31-2011 08:22 AM

Thanks for all your comments. I guess I'll go ahead and do it the way I always do.


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