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toverly 07-27-2014 03:07 PM

Look at it this way, if she cut it off, she may not notice if the binding is cutting the pattern short. But just to be safe, give her a call and explain the situation. There is very little you can do at this point.

Tashana 07-27-2014 03:08 PM

What you can do is faux knife edge binding. It is a proffered method for wall hangings and art pieces if you do not want to do the tricky but wonderful knife edge binding. This is what you do. You make a narrow, folded binding, just like the regular binding but narrower, and you sew it to the front of your quilt as close to the edge as possible. You work on one side of the quilt at the time, staring in one corner and finishing in the other. When you are done sewing one side, you flip the binding to the back so none of it is visible in the front and you hand stitch it to the back. People say that It is not as strong as regular binding because the edge of the quilt which is exposed to wear and tear is part of your quilt top and not the binding. But seriously, how often have any of us seen a worn out binding in our lifetime? Good luck!

ManiacQuilter2 07-27-2014 03:09 PM

I WISH you had be able to post a picture!!!

holleytoo 07-27-2014 03:31 PM

I'm attaching pic here (i hope). I've stitched around the edge where the seam allowance should be. As you can see, there's NOTHING in the corner. The flange solution suggested earlier could work really well.

holleytoo 07-27-2014 03:32 PM

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Doggramma 07-27-2014 03:57 PM

I don't think it would be noticeable on that quilt if you just did a normal binding. Really, I don't think it would look bad. Personally I'd be leery of using too narrow of a seam allowance to sew on the binding as there's more of a chance it would tear away from the quilt with washing and use.

Onebyone 07-27-2014 04:05 PM

Looks fine for a regular binding to me. I wouldn't have noticed a problem.

suern3 07-27-2014 04:14 PM

Looks fine for binding to me, also. I guess I don't see the problem.

squirrelfood 07-27-2014 04:17 PM


Originally Posted by Tashana (Post 6820060)
What you can do is faux knife edge binding. It is a proffered method for wall hangings and art pieces if you do not want to do the tricky but wonderful knife edge binding. This is what you do. You make a narrow, folded binding, just like the regular binding but narrower, and you sew it to the front of your quilt as close to the edge as possible. You work on one side of the quilt at the time, staring in one corner and finishing in the other. When you are done sewing one side, you flip the binding to the back so none of it is visible in the front and you hand stitch it to the back. People say that It is not as strong as regular binding because the edge of the quilt which is exposed to wear and tear is part of your quilt top and not the binding. But seriously, how often have any of us seen a worn out binding in our lifetime? Good luck!

I did have to replace worn binding once. My quilts get USED.

Jeanne S 07-27-2014 04:40 PM

I also think a normal binding will be fine on this quilt. The fact that part of the outer edge of the blocks will be about 1/4" narrower than the other two rectangles in the block will never be noticed by anyone except you. Nice quilt!


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