Binding - Page 2

> i'd just not seen that method of eliminating the need to hand stitch the
> mitre closed.
> seemed a good thing for me to see the video.
> having seen and thot about it somemore, i dont think ya need a tool, just
> some common sense and a regular ruler should do the trick nicely.
> j.
> "Louise in Iowa" wrote ...
> The 2-inch binding seems a little narrow to me, but it seems to work for
> her
> just fine. All in all, applying binding with the tool seems a little too
> much work to my mind, but then I've had pretty good luck with my current
> way
> of doing it. And for the time being, if it ain't broke, I'm not going to
> fix
> it! I can see, though, if binding and mitered corners aren't your cup of
> tea
> and you haven't been successful with them using other methods, this would
> certainly be worth a try.
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> Louise in Iowa
> nieland1390@mchsi dot com
> http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa
> "J*" wrote ...
>> found this binding tool called the binding thingy.
>> here is the link to see it, sorry retail site i ran across, not trying to
>> sell anything.
>> http://www.quiltersrule.com/template/tt-bt.html
>> here is a link to pdf file with the instructions.
>> http://www.quiltersrule.com/downloads/bindingThingy.pdf
>> and here is a link to a video showing how it works.
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCHoM6lPwpU
>> she uses only a 2 inch wide binding strip.
>> seems to me this makes a finished 3/8 inch each side.
>> if that is too small ya gotta have a bigger binding thingy?
>> i only saw the one size there. doesnt appear to be used with multiple
>> size
>> binding widths.
>> that said, dont see why ya couldnt make one of those yourself out of
>> something clear but stable.
>> seems good that it closes the mitre so no hand stitching afterwards to
>> finish it off. thats good, eh.
>> hmmmmm, see what you all thing about this thing/method and report back
>> here
>> any thots on it.
>> nayy,
>> j.
>

> I do like the fact that you don't have to hand stitch the miter - it can be
> a pain trying to sew them together by hand, especially when I don't measure
> correctly and end up with a seam right at the corner (that hadn't happened
> to me in 29 years of quilting, but in the past year, it's happened twice!).
> I practiced saying some new words the last time it happened.

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> Assuming you have enough excess binding, when you see that happening, you
> can open the offending binding seam (or cut it off) and resew so that the
> seam will fall before the corner.
> Julia in MN
> Louise in Iowa wrote:
>> I do like the fact that you don't have to hand stitch the miter - it can
>> be a pain trying to sew them together by hand, especially when I don't
>> measure correctly and end up with a seam right at the corner (that hadn't
>> happened to me in 29 years of quilting, but in the past year, it's
>> happened twice!). I practiced saying some new words the last time it
>> happened.
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> Now why didn't I think of that? Duh!

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(shaking my head in bewilderment >g<). Thank you for pointing out the

>Assuming you have enough excess binding, when you see that happening,
>you can open the offending binding seam (or cut it off) and resew so
>that the seam will fall before the corner.
>Julia in MN