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Originally Posted by Jane Quilter
(Post 7605498)
Bigger is an ART quilt?
Usually judges will knock points off if your binding isn't the standard quarter inch. I wish they would ease up on all of the standardizations and should-bes and let creativity, artistry, and design take on more importance. I saw an absolutely lovely quilt get passed by because it didn't hang ramrod straight, while a really boring quilt won based on technical perfection of assembly. And of course, it's all subjective from the judges' points of view. |
Originally Posted by sewbizgirl
(Post 7605503)
Good luck with the show! Your quilts are crazy beautiful so I'm sure you will do well. Let us know what happens!
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In order to get a perfect 1/4 inch binding on the front and on the back you have to stitch your binding on with a scant 1/4 inch seam. By the time you stitch your seam and then turn the binding to the back to stitch , the fabric tends to add at least 1/16" to the binding finish. I solve this by first cutting my bindings 1 78" folded in 1/2 and stitched on at a scant 1/4" seam. Also stitch your corners down, judges don't like the seam gapping. Good Luck with your entry.
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Forgot to talk about the sleeve, I cut my sleeve 8 1/2 " and fold it in half. Sew it into the seam as I sew my binding on. I personally think the sleeve helps to protect the quilt when it is being used. Also I put a sleeve on the top and the bottom just in case I ever want to hang the quilt and put a lathing strip in the bottom so the quilt will hang flat.
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I wouldn't recommend sewing the sleeve into the binding, it will show above the quilt when it hangs.
I would follow the instructions in the link given upthread. It illustrates sewing the sleeve about an inch or so down from the top of the quilt. |
If you tack the sleeve down properly it does not show on the top. You only give it a very small amount of ease.
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One thing that I have started doing when sewing on a quilt sleeve is to spray the back of the sleeve with basting spray. I don't have to use so many pins that stick me to make sure that it doesn't move. I've started putting basting spray on the backs of my labels too.
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Originally Posted by Peckish
(Post 7604890)
Those are pretty standard parameters for shows.
When they say "ease", what they mean is the front face of the sleeve can't lay flat against the quilt. This is because if you DO sew a sleeve with no ease, when the quilt is hung there will be a bulge on the front of the quilt. The dowel or board takes some space, and if you don't allow space in the sleeve, it will take it from the quilt, which then won't hang as nicely. If you look at the very last picture in the link that feline fanatic posted, you will see very clearly how the front face of the sleeve doesn't lay flat against the quilt. The 4" seems excessive until you see how a lot of shows use large dowels, and personally I'd rather have lots of space when a volunteer is shoving a wooden rod into the sleeve. :thumbup: Nothing against volunteers, and I appreciate all the hard work they do to make the shows happen. It's just the nature of hard wood vs. soft fabric. |
Originally Posted by Bree123
(Post 7605474)
This is my favorite tutorial -- by Bonnie K Browning, the Executive Show Director for AQS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m Does the binding lay flat? Is it filled with batting all the way out to the edge? Are the hand stitches even & nearly invisible? Is the binding a 1/4" all the way around on both sides (unless you chose a different width for artistic reasons & are entering it as an art quilt)? |
I couldn't tell you when the change was made. For the most part, the books and patterns I've purchased recently still say to cut binding strips at 2.5" or 2.25". And I don't know that it's necessarily a "requirement" for competition quilts, but I believe the industry in general considers a narrow binding more attractive.
Probably a question better directed towards quilt shows and judges. |
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