How do you finish your quilt edges before binding?
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I usually stitch around the quilt as I long arm it. I do square it up before I add the binding because there is too much backing and batting. I try to trim !/4 inch away from the quilt.
#12
I don't stich around the edge of quilts before sewing bindings on, but I also don't sew the binding on with a 1/4 inch seam. Instead, I take the 1/4 foot off and put the regular presser foot on. I just measured, and that means I am getting a 5/16 seam....slightly larger than 1/4 inch.
I also cut my binding at 2 1/2 inches, double fold, machine stitch on top and fold over to hand stitch the binding on the back.
This is the way the learn-to-quilt class I took 7 years ago taught me to do it. It works quite well.
Dina
I also cut my binding at 2 1/2 inches, double fold, machine stitch on top and fold over to hand stitch the binding on the back.
This is the way the learn-to-quilt class I took 7 years ago taught me to do it. It works quite well.
Dina
#17
I like my bindings to be full... (fat)... so I would not compress the edge of the quilt with any zig zagging or serging. If I'm working with unruly puffy batting, I might sew a basting stitch 1/4" from the edge. But most often I'm using 80/20 which is a well behaved flat batting, or a thin polyester that I can deal with.
#19
I sew a 3/8" seam for binding and normally don't do anything prior to sewing on my binding. Although, my quilt w/ wool binding, which is puffier than cotton binding, I did find sewing 1/4" and then sew my binding on was helpful.
This is a magnetic seam guide that i use and it helps me keep a straight(er) 1/4" seam. I got mine at JoAnn's.
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This is a magnetic seam guide that i use and it helps me keep a straight(er) 1/4" seam. I got mine at JoAnn's.
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