Why do the binding by hand?
#201
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: MD
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I love doing the binding by hand while sitting with my husband and reconnecting with all the quilters who have quilted before me... I love the journey... making a quilt is a wonderful journey for me.. enjoy the steps and appreciate the work you have done for this (THIS) quilt..whether it is for yourself or for someone else it is a work of love...
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#202
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: in the sticks of PA
Posts: 2,312
I mostly do large bed quilts so I really prefer to do those by machine because it takes forever by hand. If I'm doing a WH or up to twin then I may do it by hand, but I've never sewn it to the front.
#203
Originally Posted by hopetoquilt
I love handstitching the binding and actually often handstitch onto the front b/c I like the look of it. Makes it look more homemade to me. Handstitching the binding is very relaxing for me.
#204
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Wadesboro, NC
Posts: 758
Originally Posted by LeslieSkelly
I really prefer to hand stitch the binding. Don't know why but I do. I guess it is a little more of me sewn in the quilt.
#205
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Sweet Home Alabama
Posts: 3,179
I don't like to hand bind in the back, but I do because it looks nicer than machine binding. Haven't tried the stitch in the ditch from the front. May have to try that on a quilt that I donate.
#206
I learned that you were suppose to hand stitch your bindings. Then I saw a lot of people were machine stitching theirs. So, I decided to try it. Wasn't overly satisfied at first but the more practice I got the better I liked it. I just entered a quilt in a quilt show, and I did hand stitch that one. I think it was the first one I've hand stitched in 2 - 3 years.
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