Do you serge the edges of your quilt " sandwich" before binding?
#32
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I do a lot of borderless quilts. Depending on how many seams are along the edges, and how much the quilt's been handled, sometimes I'll do a quick basting-type stitch all the way around to stabilize the seams. But if they're all holding together nice & tight, or there aren't many seams per edge, I don't bother.
I don't have a serger, I just use my regular machine with a long stitch length, mostly because I'm impatient and want the step to go quickly, and those seams only need to hold until the binding is in place.
I don't have a serger, I just use my regular machine with a long stitch length, mostly because I'm impatient and want the step to go quickly, and those seams only need to hold until the binding is in place.
#33
I don't have a serger but I do stitch the edges of my sandwich before I add the binding. I use a narrow, long zigzag stitch. I think it makes adding the binding so much easier, not having to worry about missing a layer, it is well worth that extra time and effort of sewing around the edge one extra time. It also makes trimming much easier! I do the stitching before I trim!
#34
Nope, never. When I am quilting a quilt I stitch the top to the batting and backing as I move the quilt on the frame. I think that if you serged the edges too tightly you would really struggle to fill the binding and a floppy binding is never nice.
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Thanks for all the great answers. It seemed my using the over edge stitch might have made it a little easier to keep all the layers together. Now I'll have to try sewing the binding on one side before trimming. Always learning
#40
That's what I do. I find the binding is too "flat" if I zigzag over the seam allowance. Using just the quarter inch seam keeps the fluff in the binding.
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