Rounded corners...
08-21-2016, 05:52 PM
#21
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I, too, use bias for all my quilt bindings whether curved or straight. It is so much easier to work with than straight of grain or WOF.
08-21-2016, 06:48 PM
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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.
08-21-2016, 09:56 PM
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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.
08-22-2016, 01:28 AM
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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.
08-22-2016, 04:15 AM
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What about shaping the scraps and joining them up. I made an oval quilt for my granddaughter and did the border in this way by making paper templates to form the curves.
08-22-2016, 08:02 AM
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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.
08-22-2016, 11:51 AM
#28
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Straight grain binding won't work for a curved corner, bias binding is a must.
08-22-2016, 11:59 AM
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Dinner plate, saucer, compass Your choice, but bias binding will lay and turn much nicer with easier sewing too. If you hold the Binding up just a bit as you go around any curve it will sew very nicely. Also holding curved pieces up for sewing helps keep it neat too.
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