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Originally Posted by Cari-in-Oly
(Post 7631968)
Straight grain binding won't easily follow the curve and won't lay flat. Bias binding is much easier to use on curves. I use bias binding on all of my quilts.
Cari |
I round all of my baby & lap quilts and use binding that I cut across from salvage to salvage. It stretches just fine around the curves as it's a gentle curve. When I do scallops I always use the bias binding. Cut one of your strips the binding width you intend to use, press and pin to the corner, baste and turn over to see if it will work for you. Doing that you won't lose what pieces you have and will be able to tell if it's going to work for you.
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Originally Posted by Tartan
(Post 7631990)
I have done rounded corners by using straight grain binding up to about 1 foot away from the corner, sew in a piece of bias about 2 feet long, stitch around the corner and reattach my straight of grain and continue. In a big quilt that made 8 joins but with dark binding it was not noticable. Worked well.
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Originally Posted by Tartan
(Post 7631990)
I have done rounded corners by using straight grain binding up to about 1 foot away from the corner, sew in a piece of bias about 2 feet long, stitch around the corner and reattach my straight of grain and continue. In a big quilt that made 8 joins but with dark binding it was not noticable. Worked well.
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Originally Posted by Watson
(Post 7632055)
The reason I'm trying to stay away from the bias binding is because I was hoping to make the binding out of scraps from the quilt fabrics.
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Bias binding is my choice. If necessary, introduce a color not used in the quilt for your bias binding.
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If you are going to bind the quilt (rather than birth it), you will want a bias binding. If you haven't worked much with curves, it can help to 'prebend' the binding on your steam iron by laying it on a drawn line the same size as your sewn edge. To make the rounded edge without a round ruler or template, use something that size from your kitchen - a plate, a lid, a container. A tip when sewing around a curved edge is to hold a pin at the center of the circle and let the fabric spin around under the presser foot. This will make a cleaner curve than working from the edge and constantly turning it.
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Originally Posted by Geri B
(Post 7631969)
A dinner plate, or desert plate will do...for just that gentle curve and only the four corners, I think you will get away with straight binding.....what say all?
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Originally Posted by Watson
(Post 7631950)
If I wanted my quilt to have rounded corners, rather than square corners, do I absolutely need bias binding?
How do you round them off? Just use a compass? Watson (Just full of questions, lately!) |
Does the rounded corner have to be big? I have just rounded enough to not have to make a corner and not used bias. Seems fine.
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