Rounded corners...
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Rounded corners...
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?
Thanks!
Watson (Just full of questions, lately!)
How do you round them off? Just use a compass?
Thanks!
Watson (Just full of questions, lately!)
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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?
questions are good - means you're expanding your base and not staying stagnant.
questions are good - means you're expanding your base and not staying stagnant.
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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.
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It's not that hard to make bias binding. I think it's actually kind of fun. I use the video tutorial on the McCall's quilting website. I think for your curved corners to lay nicely you will need bias binding. It works well on the straight edges, also. I've made it for binding a regular quilt that I wanted to have the "barber shop" effect stripes and also for scallop edge quilts.
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The only way I've seen rounded corners done was with a plate or bowl, trace along the edge. I'd do it on a piece of paper first; cut away the paper and lay it on the top to make sure you are getting the look you want.
Not sure why the hesitancy to make bias binding? i use it for most quilts.
Not sure why the hesitancy to make bias binding? i use it for most quilts.
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