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A couple weeks ago I posted my easy mitered border method. I had hated doing miters for just the reasons you've stated but decided there had to be a way and a way to match stripes at corners. This was my fist posting:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-159462-1.htm http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-159494-1.htm http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-159715-1.htm Once I determined the method, I find that I can miter corners just as quickly and definitely with effective results ever single time. It always works. Give it a try and let me know what you think. |
A couple weeks ago I posted my easy mitered border method. I had hated doing miters for just the reasons you've stated but decided there had to be a way and a way to match stripes at corners. This was my postings:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-159462-1.htm http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-159494-1.htm http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-159715-1.htm Once I determined the method, I find that I can miter corners just as quickly and definitely with effective results ever single time. It always works. Give it a try and let me know what you think. |
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Originally Posted by irishrose
I sat at the sewing machine with a Fons & Porter quilting book open on my lap when I did my first good mitered binding last winter. Now they are easy.
Mitered corners in the sashing may be a different problem. I've done one, but it was a print - now I have a piano key border that will have to mitered. Yikes! |
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Originally Posted by almostfree
I am trying to make this cute "easy" table runner for fall, but these corners are a mess! I am almost in tears! I should have just put binding on it and forgotten the mitered border. Any pointers on mitering corners? :cry:
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No, I'm not confused. I simply asked how do you bind quilts without mitering the corners.
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Mitered binding or corners? Both are not hard to do, accuracy important.
Mitered corners are falling-off-a-log easy. There is no cutting, measuring or fussing until you have your miter sewn. I have a tutorial (very basic) on my outdated blog. All you need is a 1/4" mark on both directions, an iron and a couple of pins. Look to see if you can figure it out - if not, e-mail me and I'll walk you thru it! It really is easy!! http://irishlakequilter.blogspot.com...d-corners.html |
Originally Posted by qwltnfool
Mitered binding or corners? Both are not hard to do, accuracy important.
Mitered corners are falling-off-a-log easy. There is no cutting, measuring or fussing until you have your miter sewn. I have a tutorial (very basic) on my outdated blog. All you need is a 1/4" mark on both directions, an iron and a couple of pins. Look to see if you can figure it out - if not, e-mail me and I'll walk you thru it! It really is easy!! http://irishlakequilter.blogspot.com...d-corners.html |
I watched a "sewing with nancy" this past sat. (on PBS) and she had this really nifty little piece of plastic you lay on a corner of your fabric and it helps you make the most perfect (really, perfect!) mitred corner you ever saw! It can be used to make a really thin edge to one as deep as a a satin edge on a wool blanket.
I cannot remember the name :-( , but if you look up her sewing catalog I'm sure she sells it. ) sharet |
I found an easy way to make miter corners banding and really helped me understand and take the fear out for me. I will try to find the instructions or draw it out but do not know how to add it to this forum. you can send me a pm.
www.sew4home.com look for bedding pillow sham. it is a pathwork with white flange. it is very good at understanding miters, flanges etc. |
I don't know if I can explain this well enough for anyone to understand but here is how I do my corners. after you have sewn the first edge of the border on I press then turn over then stitch almost to a corner -pull the binding at the corner straight in then fold over the stitched side then the other side and the it looks like a mitered corner-the sew around till you get to the next corner and repeat.
Heck--I don't know if I could follow those instructions or not. Sorry. |
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