nana pat

what is an endless seam?

shequilts

The angled seam is supposedly stronger in the long run, it does look better and it's one of the first things a judge looks at in a quilt competition.

Pats8e8

My motto is, if you have enough fabric, do the angle, if not sew it straight.

patricej

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.

tweetee

I cut mine on the angle, as that was how I was taught, never thought about doing it any other way

LeslieSkelly

Here are a couple of web sites:
http://resources.quiltwoman.com/hint...essBinding.pdf

http://www.chestercountyquilting.com...s/Binding.html

KathyAire

What do you mean by 'endless seams'?

KathyAire

Never mind. I didn't read far enough before asking the questions. I will go to the links provided.
Thanks.

Quilter7x

Me too, you can never tell where the binding began or ended on my quilts. I think it looks so much nicer.

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.

barnbum

I can see how the angle would make it stonger...

I enjoy these discussions to read both sides and to know why others came to do what they do and why... it's like research.

We won't argue, PatriceJ. :wink: