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Posted by Pat in Virginia on October 6, 2009, 5:53 pm
When I make binding, I allow the MINIMUM of 12" extra on a twin quilt, more
on large quilts. That is insurance for the situation you mention. It allows
me to remove the offending seam, stitch the seam in a more convenient place,
and continue. I do not like this as one is dealing with the bulk of the
quilt, but it is do-able. To AVOID this situation, lay the binding around
the quilt and check. For more on this award winning quilt binding tip, go to
www.marcusbrothers.com to fun and features, drop down menu to share a tip,
click, then look for 'tip archives' in the heading above the three tips
featured, click on 'archives' and you will get a long list! Scroll down
about ten tips to a green block and you will see a binding tip I personally
recommend. LOL
Pat in Virginia
PS: My tip earned me a packet of 5 or 6 coordinated FQ. They are beautiful!
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>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.
> --
> Louise in Iowa
> nieland1390@mchsi dot com
> http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa
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Posted by Louise in Iowa on October 6, 2009, 6:57 pm
Thanks, Pat! I checked out your tip - I like it! I'll keep that in mind next
time I'm ready to bind.
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Louise in Iowa
nieland1390@mchsi dot com
http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa
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> When I make binding, I allow the MINIMUM of 12" extra on a twin quilt,
> more on large quilts. That is insurance for the situation you mention. It
> allows me to remove the offending seam, stitch the seam in a more
> convenient place, and continue. I do not like this as one is dealing with
> the bulk of the quilt, but it is do-able. To AVOID this situation, lay the
> binding around the quilt and check. For more on this award winning quilt
> binding tip, go to www.marcusbrothers.com to fun and features, drop down
> menu to share a tip, click, then look for 'tip archives' in the heading
> above the three tips featured, click on 'archives' and you will get a long
> list! Scroll down about ten tips to a green block and you will see a
> binding tip I personally recommend. LOL
> Pat in Virginia
> PS: My tip earned me a packet of 5 or 6 coordinated FQ. They are
> beautiful!
>>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.
>> --
>> Louise in Iowa
>> nieland1390@mchsi dot com
>> http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa
>
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Posted by Pat in Virginia on October 6, 2009, 6:03 pm
When I make binding, I allow the MINIMUM of 12" extra on a twin quilt, more
on large quilts. That is insurance for the situation you mention. It allows
me to remove the offending seam, stitch the seam in a more convenient place,
and continue. I do not like this as one is dealing with the bulk of the
quilt, but it is do-able. To AVOID this situation, lay the binding around
the quilt and check. For more on this award winning quilt binding tip, go to
www.marcusbrothers.com to fun and features, drop down menu to share a tip,
click, then look for 'tip archives' in the heading above the three tips
featured, click on 'archives' and you will get a long list! Scroll down
about ten tips to a green block and you will see a binding tip I personally
recommend. LOL
Pat in Virginia
PS: My tip earned me a packet of 5 or 6 coordinated FQ. They are beautiful!
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>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.
> --
> Louise in Iowa
> nieland1390@mchsi dot com
> http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa
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Posted by DiMa on September 26, 2009, 5:11 am
I am going to try it with a wider strip as I think the binding is too small
but the technique should work just the same. Will get back to the ng. I
made myself one of these thingies. I am hopeless at mitred corners. Maybe I
should practice first on a small block.
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Di
I'm creative! You can't expect me to be neat too.
Vic Australia
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> 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.
> --
> Louise in Iowa
> nieland1390@mchsi dot com
> http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa
>> 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.
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Posted by KJ on September 25, 2009, 8:42 pm
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> 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
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> and here is a link to a video showing how it works.http://www.youtube.com=
/watch?v=3DTCHoM6lPwpU
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> 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 siz=
e
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> 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 he=
re
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> any thots on it.
> nayy,
> j.
Thanks for the video link. I think I have one of these tools (or one
just like it) but I had no idea how to use it. I may give it a try.
I like narrow bindings, so I wouldn't mind cutting 2". I've been
cutting them smaller recently. I'm down to 2 1/8. For those of you
who cut them wider.....do you take a wider seam allowance when sewing
them on? Otherwise the extra is all on the back anyway.
K
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>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.
> --
> Louise in Iowa
> nieland1390@mchsi dot com
> http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa