Boo Boo with binding.
11-29-2010, 07:53 PM
#42
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Originally Posted by nancy42
I just finished DS quilt for Christmas except for the binding.
I inadvertantly cut the binding strips at 2" instead of 2 1/2 "
I sewed it on from the front by machine and turned and pinned it to the back to hand sew down. It is narrow so all the binding is on back of quilt. It looks good that way actually but wasn't sure how many quilting rules I broke doing it this way. Should I take it off and start over with larger binding strips ?
I inadvertantly cut the binding strips at 2" instead of 2 1/2 "
I sewed it on from the front by machine and turned and pinned it to the back to hand sew down. It is narrow so all the binding is on back of quilt. It looks good that way actually but wasn't sure how many quilting rules I broke doing it this way. Should I take it off and start over with larger binding strips ?
11-29-2010, 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by nancy42
I just finished DS quilt for Christmas except for the binding.
I inadvertantly cut the binding strips at 2" instead of 2 1/2 "
I sewed it on from the front by machine and turned and pinned it to the back to hand sew down. It is narrow so all the binding is on back of quilt. It looks good that way actually but wasn't sure how many quilting rules I broke doing it this way. Should I take it off and start over with larger binding strips ?
I inadvertantly cut the binding strips at 2" instead of 2 1/2 "
I sewed it on from the front by machine and turned and pinned it to the back to hand sew down. It is narrow so all the binding is on back of quilt. It looks good that way actually but wasn't sure how many quilting rules I broke doing it this way. Should I take it off and start over with larger binding strips ?
There are NO rules in my quilting book...at least none that can't be modified to fit the user. As long as it works...it's good! Good job. :thumbup:
11-29-2010, 09:04 PM
#47
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I've used bindings as narrow 1 7/8" because I prefer the way it looks. What you like is what you should do. I got into quilting learning all the inviolable rules, but aging has changed that for me. Now if I like it, I let it be.
11-29-2010, 09:28 PM
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I just did this too. It was too tight and pulled the quilt out of shape. I removed it and replaced it with 2 1/2". Very glad I did! Now it looks normal. It was definitely not right the way it was. I have no regrets that I took the time to redo it.
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