Question about binding strips
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Question about binding strips
I'm still piecing the blocks on a quilt but I'd like to get the binding finished so it's ready to go. If I use heavy starch when folding and pressing the binding as in Sharon Schamber's method, will the strip edges still be stuck together in a week when I'm ready to use them? Or should I prepare the binding right before I'm ready to put it on?
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I starch the binding strips but don't fold and iron either. Binding is folded as it is stitched onto the quilt. Then folded over and stitched down. and a final press.
I have used the small glue tip and used the glue down method first before the final stitching. Different techniques that all work.
I have used the small glue tip and used the glue down method first before the final stitching. Different techniques that all work.
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I use Sharon Schamber's method as well. I would probably wait to do the starching, but I use Best Press, and I've heard that is not as heavy duty as other starches. Why not try doing it ahead this time, and then you'll know for the future if it stays put.
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I, too, used to do all that work preparing a binding. Since I read here about not folding or pressing first, and tried it, I am completely won over and never have to mess with pressing a binding again. Cut the strips and sew them together end to end. When I'm attaching it, I finger press the seams open, fold it in half as I'm sewing it down, and it works much better. No puckers, and it all goes on much smoother and easier.
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