Am I the only 1 who hates binding?
04-13-2011, 08:13 AM
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Ditto, I agree! I always feel that binding is the last design decision I make on my quilts so I love to do the binding.
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Originally Posted by cherylynne
Sorry I can't help you. Binding is my favorite part, I think, because I know the quilt is almost finished.
04-13-2011, 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by suebee
Originally Posted by Country1
Am I the only one who doesn't like to bind? Maybe, it's b/c I'm doing it all wrong or something. I presently have 4 quilts that only need to be bind, but I haven't been able to bring myself to do it.
Any get in the mood to bind advice out there?
Any get in the mood to bind advice out there?
04-13-2011, 09:36 AM
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I am not very good with hand sewing. So I sewed my machine sewed my binding on the back and then flipped to the front. Yes you do get this second stitch on the back, but the front looks great. I would recommend doing 4 1/2 strips, folded in half with 3/8 seam on the back and then flip and top stitch the front. That way the second seam is closer to the binding on the back. I haven't experimented enough to get the front and back to align so you can't tell. Only time and practice will do that. I did buy the binding attachment to attached to by Janome 7700, it work well, but I haven't practice enough with that either. Need to make more lap size tops to practice on. Time to go shopping and get more patterns. Yeah, an excuse to go fabric shopping.
04-13-2011, 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by cminor
Here is my trick. I am totally a cheater!! I machine stitch on both sides and use fabric for the back that will blend with the thread. I have learned the hard way that I can not stitch straight! I also bought the binding tool - many say that it is the same as doing the math - but for some reason it helps me a ton!
Good luck - they say it comes with practice! :)
Good luck - they say it comes with practice! :)
04-13-2011, 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by chuckbere15
I am not very good with hand sewing. So I sewed my machine sewed my binding on the back and then flipped to the front. Yes you do get this second stitch on the back, but the front looks great. I would recommend doing 4 1/2 strips, folded in half with 3/8 seam on the back and then flip and top stitch the front. That way the second seam is closer to the binding on the back. I haven't experimented enough to get the front and back to align so you can't tell. Only time and practice will do that. I did buy the binding attachment to attached to by Janome 7700, it work well, but I haven't practice enough with that either. Need to make more lap size tops to practice on. Time to go shopping and get more patterns. Yeah, an excuse to go fabric shopping.
04-13-2011, 10:50 AM
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I love to do the binding, I have a friend with a long arm shop and I quite often do her bindings for her. She taught me how to do it like the video,except I don't glue,but will be trying that. Thanks for sharing the video I enjoyed watching it.
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