Originally Posted by hutch farm
Is it really sloppy craftmanship to have a gap between the edge of your quilt and the top of the binding strip? It called for a 4 inch binding strip. I sewed it onto the front of my quilt but when I flip it over to sew the back down by hand, there is a space or gap between the binding. Most of the time my binding strips are tight against the seam but in this case there is a gap between the top of the strip and the seam. Did I mess up or what? Thanks for your help. Also, will the binding pucker if there is nothing in the top part of it? Make sense?
FOUR inch binding?? Wow. Yes, the binding should be filled, not aflopping in the breeze. You might remove it and make your binding narrower. I cut mine 2.5" as I like my binding to finish at 3/8 inch. Or you could fold under all that excess if you have to....