Trimming down binding and backing
Between the time I quilt my quilt and I sew on the binding I have always trimmed down the batting and backing to equal the size of the quilt. Last night as I was looking through a Fons and Porter book I saw that they trim it down after stitching the binding in place. I never even thought of doing it this way. At what point do you trim down? Is there an advantage to doing it one way or the other?
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I square up my quilted quilt sandwich before adding binding.
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I trim first. I don't see any benefit to having the extra bulk of batting and backing while I machine sew the binding to the front.
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I trim first as I take it off the long arm.
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I square the quilt up by marking with a pen. I sew the binding on with 1\4 inch seam using my marks as a guide. Then I trim with the ruler at 1/2 inch on the seam line. That way I get a nice full binding when I ladder stitch the binding on the back.
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I sew first and then trim. I am always afraid I will get a piece of the backing missed if I don’t have that extra to keep an eye on it
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A trim and sew on binding girl here too. Then I know it is square.
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I have asked before how it works to sew a binding on before trimming. I don’t understand the purpose or the process. Can someone explain or provide a link explaining the hows and whys of this?
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I trim, then sew on bindinh.
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Originally Posted by wesing
(Post 8549964)
I have asked before how it works to sew a binding on before trimming. I don’t understand the purpose or the process. Can someone explain or provide a link explaining the hows and whys of this?
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