Why do the binding by hand?
#193
Originally Posted by TonnieLoree
I feel the same way. I don't hand stitch that well, and my machine is capable of many stitches. I did not spend a gazillion dollars on a machine only to have to finish something by hand. GO FOR IT!
All of the quilts we have made were to be used, and we think the machine binding is more durable. The first bed quilt we made was machine quilted by a LQS and they also did the binding (by hand). The thread has broken in a couple of places and the binding is starting to come apart. Thankfully, the quilt was for us, so we can repair it and don't mind doing so, but I don't want a quilt that we've given to someone to come apart and them to think they've done something to destroy it.
At the end of the day, it's your call. If you like the look of one binding over the other, or you prefer to do it a certain way - your opinion rules.
Darren
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iused to do it by hand on fine quilts. i found that quilts given to the children and g/c were never mended if they came apart, so i now sew them on the machine, so the binding will last as long as the quilt. my SIL has cats, dogs, uses the quilts on top of the bed and therefore washes them frequently...so i use the machine on hers, also.
i have an S stitch on my old Bernina that looks good. i don't care for the straight stitch or zig zag. other stiches take more time, but this one works for me and if the binding isn't perfectly even or the stitching exact, it doesn't show!
i have an S stitch on my old Bernina that looks good. i don't care for the straight stitch or zig zag. other stiches take more time, but this one works for me and if the binding isn't perfectly even or the stitching exact, it doesn't show!
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Originally Posted by LeslieSkelly
I really prefer to hand stitch the binding. Don't know why but I do. I guess it is a little more of me sewn in the quilt.
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