Quick Machine Binding with Flange
#162
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Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Santee, CA
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Thanks for the tutorial! It looks great!
#163
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Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Long Island, NL
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Clear instructions, Thanks. I am just this past week finding out about this method of binding and i am planning to use it on my granddaughter's lap quilt that i'm now making.
#165
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Lowell, MA
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Thanks, that's a great solution, and easier than hand stitching the binding to the front/back.
#166
Gracias! Yo sabía que tenía que haber una manera más fácil de hacer esto que he estado haciendo!
#167
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Texas
Posts: 2,369
Call me dumb, but I don't understand the benefit of the flange. Either way, stitching is going to show on the back, which some of you seem to object to. Is it because the stitching (thread color to match the flange) on the front will match the color of the flange fabric on the back?
It doesn't bother me at all that stitching shows on the back. Stitching is all over the quilt, anyway! I usually sew my binding to the back and then machine stitch it down on the front, using a thread color that matches the binding. One line of stitching appears on the back, but so what? If I've used a binding that goes well with the quilt, why would I care? If I don't want it to show, I machine stitch the binding to the back, turn it and handsew it on the front. I confess that I do often use the backing as binding, if I like it. I just turn it down and sew, either by hand or machine.
I also admit that I've never made a quilt that I thought would pass the inspection of judges at a quilt competition. Not to say I am sloppy -- I try to make my quilts as perfect as I can -- but I assume there are very precise rules in judging quilts and I may not have met all of them (in that I don't know what they are!). That I'll probably never enter a quilt in a competition doesn't bother me at all, even though I admire those who do -- and win!
It doesn't bother me at all that stitching shows on the back. Stitching is all over the quilt, anyway! I usually sew my binding to the back and then machine stitch it down on the front, using a thread color that matches the binding. One line of stitching appears on the back, but so what? If I've used a binding that goes well with the quilt, why would I care? If I don't want it to show, I machine stitch the binding to the back, turn it and handsew it on the front. I confess that I do often use the backing as binding, if I like it. I just turn it down and sew, either by hand or machine.
I also admit that I've never made a quilt that I thought would pass the inspection of judges at a quilt competition. Not to say I am sloppy -- I try to make my quilts as perfect as I can -- but I assume there are very precise rules in judging quilts and I may not have met all of them (in that I don't know what they are!). That I'll probably never enter a quilt in a competition doesn't bother me at all, even though I admire those who do -- and win!
#168
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Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Ellis County, TX
Posts: 10
I like the extra color in your binding. It makes the binding pop. My mom said that she likes to make the backing larger than the front and fold it over and sew it on with a single stitch using the machine. The stitch is visible front and back but if the thread matches the backing, it's not very noticeable. I don't like limiting my backing options to suitable binding colors, so I like your method.
#169
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: United States
Posts: 2,222
I will be making a couple more twin size quilts soon, and I think I will use your method of binding.
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