How do you put on your BINDING
#31
Originally Posted by quilt queen 2
I machine stitch to front with mitered corners then sew to back by hand. I find the hand sewing part is relaxing but thats just me
#33
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I would LOVE to be able to do this! How do you get it just right???
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Originally Posted by Alu_Rathbone
I machine to the front and then fold over to the back, making mitered corners and then machine sew... If I sew it in just the place on the back, it appears in the ditch on the front (which is not seen!)
#34
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For most quilts, I machine stitch to the front, fold and glue to the back, mitering the corners, then use a serpentine machine stitch with 100wt thread on the front. Very sturdy and pretty subtle.
Otherwise, it's the traditional machine stitch to the front and hand stitch to the back.
--Heidi
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Otherwise, it's the traditional machine stitch to the front and hand stitch to the back.
--Heidi
http://www.flickr.com/photos/32113973@N05/
#35
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I sew the binding to the back and flip it to the front and stitch down. Sometimes I use a fancy stitch, sometimes not. If I am doing it for a customer, I sew binding on the front and flip to the back and use bottom line thread to hand sew it down. Almost invisible that way.
#36
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I sew my binding onto the backing then fold it toward the fron, press under the binding then I stitch in the ditch with a thread that is invisible or that matches both top and bottom. I also miter the corners .
#40
Originally Posted by jljack
I sew it single fold to the front, mitering the corners, and then fold to the back and hand hem it down with a blind hem stitch. I like the look of it.
I decided I do NOT have the patience for hand-sewing anything, so I machine quilt to the back, fold to the front and carefully machine sew to the front. IT seems to look the best for me. But those blasted corners... I need a better method.
Thanks! And thanks for posting this, I'm always interested to know how others do it!
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