Serge before you bind?
#43
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Merritt Island, FL
Posts: 672
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.
#44
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.
#47
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: Central Wisconsin
Posts: 4,391
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.
#48
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: Central Wisconsin
Posts: 4,391
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.
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