citruscountyquilter

I like the blanket stitch. For me that would be harder than a ladder stitch. I agree that if you are going to do a ladder stitch you should use thread that isn't going to show. When I do my binding stitching I use a very fine needle and run the the needle and thread under the fabric and bring it up and just catch a thread or two of the the other fabric, then go down and run it under the fabric and back up catching a thread or two... The very fine needle allows me to pick up just a stitch or two. The bigger the needle the harder it is. It is how I would put a hem in garment. You see very little of the stitching if any. Thanks to my mother who was a beautiful seamstress for teaching me this.

Sisty88

Aaw, thanks! I think that as long as I can get the blanket stitch nice and even then it'll look great! Of course you can see a photo!

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Along with the obligatory quilt inspector! I think he likes this quilt, it took me ages to convince him to let me pick it back up! I had to shoo him up onto the sofa before I could get it!

Here's one showing the back as well:

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Haha, I didn't realise how crinkly the back was until I saw this photo! Oh well!

DebbieJJ

Very pretty GFG! Love your quilt inspector. I think the blanket stitch will be great on it, or like Barb in Louisiana said, use a permanent marker to color the whip-stitch threads.

Sisty88

Aaw, thanks! I'm definitely considering colouring in the whip-stitched bit. Might do that as well as the blanket stitch as I really like how that looks, and the blanket stitch would look better that way! My only concern would be accidentally sharpie-ing the quilt back! I'll have to be super precise!

Geri B

Since you are handquilting this project why not just handquilt those edges down, doing the stitch like 1/8" from edge ..it would add to the handquilting finish and lock down the turned over edges...I myself, would be afraid that the blanket stitch could be a " toe-catcher". Just another thought....

Sisty88

I thought about doing that but it wouldn't have worked with how I am doing the quilting design. A lot of them are caught by the handquilting but there are some that wouldn't be, so I thought they needed something more to keep them safely sewed down!
Oh gosh, you could definitely be right about the toe-catching! I hope I can do it small enough that it wouldn't be able to catch my toes!

giannina

I think you got it. This will work for you.

madamekelly

Instead of marking the quilt for blanket stitching, I get nice even results by putting painters tape an even 1/4 inch from the edge, then just make your blanket stitches to the edge of the tape. It will come out nice and straight, and you skip a tedious step!

Sisty88

Fantastic idea! Brilliant! Not sure I've got any painters tape but I have got quilters tape so I'll use that! Thanks!

bearisgray

That whip stitching would be a @#$%& to remove. If it weremine, I would just finish it the way you have started.

Thst is a clever idea for finishing the edge.