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carolynjo 06-04-2012 12:06 PM
I don't have a serger but I do stitch 1/8" around the edges to hold them together while I stitch on the binding.

mloquilts 06-04-2012 01:38 PM
Yes, yes, yes!!!

blueheavenfla 06-04-2012 06:30 PM
I guess that I am a rebel...I even pieced a quilt on a serger and boy did it ever go fast. I loved doing it and there were no hanging threads off the edge. Years ago, I made baby quilts for my granddaughters (now 25 and 26) and did the edges on the serger. Obviously, baby quilts get washed frequently and they held up great.

vlrigdon 06-04-2012 06:31 PM
Originally Posted by Silver Needle (Post 5261705)
I never trim the batting or backing before applying the binding. The extra batting makes an even surface for the feed dogs and presser foot. Also I like to leave a little extra batting beyond the seam so as I turn the binding to the back side to hand finish I can be sure the binding is full of batting. It is my understanding this is one thing judges look for. That is my goal to enter a quilt in a show someday. I have also heard fuller binding lasts linger.
This sounds like a good idea, I have so much trouble sewing the binding on with 1/4" seam, the quilt seems to go all over the place, so that some parts are 1/4", some are 3/8", sometimes I get 1/8"! But - at this point, are you confident that your quilt top is square? You can't square it up after the binding is on. I like this idea, but how do you handle squaring up the top? Thanks!

purplefiend 06-05-2012 04:27 AM
I zig zag my quilts before binding, that way I can be certain that all the layers are together. I use a long,wide zig zag, about a 5mm length and width.
Sharon W.

Chay 06-05-2012 04:47 AM
It sounds good in theory but by the time I'm at the binding stage I'm like a horse heading for the barn and would not want to do an extra step.

maviskw 06-06-2012 03:34 AM
I once surged around a big quilt and it worked like a charm. Then I did around a lap robe, and it didn't work at all. I scliced the surging off, and the quilt got a quarter inch smaller. Then the border was smaller than I had planned, and doesn't look as nice. I don't know what I did wrong that time. I've never done it again, and I won't.

maviskw 06-06-2012 03:35 AM
I once surged around a big quilt and it worked like a charm. Then I did around a lap robe, and it didn't work at all. I sliced the surging off, and the quilt got a quarter inch smaller. Then the border was smaller than I had planned, and doesn't look as nice. I don't know what I did wrong that time. I've never done it again, and I won't.

qwkslver 06-06-2012 01:28 PM
I do. It makes me feel like there is less chance of raveling. I serge everything I can.


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