Why Sew At Angle
#24
oh, yes. let's argue now about angled or straight seams to join binding strips. i've been soooooo bored. :roll:
"argue" is too strong a word. my very sincere apologies.
it just floors me sometimes the way we pass on the opinions of "experts" as though they were absolute and unquestionable. after all, the only reason they get to call themselves experts is that we have agreed to also call them experts. :lol:
our technique, fabric, tool and supply choices should be based on the results of our own experiments. no one thing works for everybody. not even Elvis. :lol:
i started sewing mine at an angle just to prove to myself i could do it and keep the strips straight. i kept doing it because i decided i preferred the way it looked.
try it each way and then do what you prefer. unless you enter it into a contest who cares what others think? even then i wouldn't actually care. i'd just do "whatever" to satisfy the judges.
"argue" is too strong a word. my very sincere apologies.
it just floors me sometimes the way we pass on the opinions of "experts" as though they were absolute and unquestionable. after all, the only reason they get to call themselves experts is that we have agreed to also call them experts. :lol:
our technique, fabric, tool and supply choices should be based on the results of our own experiments. no one thing works for everybody. not even Elvis. :lol:
i started sewing mine at an angle just to prove to myself i could do it and keep the strips straight. i kept doing it because i decided i preferred the way it looked.
try it each way and then do what you prefer. unless you enter it into a contest who cares what others think? even then i wouldn't actually care. i'd just do "whatever" to satisfy the judges.
#26
Originally Posted by nana pat
what is an endless seam?
http://resources.quiltwoman.com/hint...essBinding.pdf
http://www.chestercountyquilting.com...s/Binding.html
#27
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Originally Posted by LeslieSkelly
I like to cut it at an angle. I don't like the bulk. I also like to do the endless seams on the binding. So I have no bulk all the way around the quilt.
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Originally Posted by KathyAire
Originally Posted by LeslieSkelly
I like to cut it at an angle. I don't like the bulk. I also like to do the endless seams on the binding. So I have no bulk all the way around the quilt.
Thanks.
#29
Originally Posted by LeslieSkelly
I like to cut it at an angle. I don't like the bulk. I also like to do the endless seams on the binding. So I have no bulk all the way around the quilt.
I do mine on the angle for bulk and because I like the look of a diagonal seam vs. a straight seam. Since I press that seam open, it will be stronger when done on the angle than straight.
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