Binding

Posted by Debbie on September 17, 2006, 6:27 pm

I'm having a heck of a time getting my binding to look good. I have Eleanor
Burns books on how to quilt and do the mitered binding, but when I go to sew
the binding to the backside I miss some of the material on the back. Then I
have to go back and sew over it again. Looks very sloppy. I tried sewing
from the back side and then the front of the quilt has thread all over the
edge of the binding and it looks like a drunk sewed it. Any suggestions
(besides I need more practice. LOL)?

Debbie

Posted by Julia in MN on September 17, 2006, 6:53 pm

Are you sewing the binding to the back by machine? That is what I do,
but it does get tricky and takes some practice to get the binding to
wrap over far enough to catch it consistently. You could try gluing the
binding in place to the back with a basting glue or a water-soluble glue
stick or even Elmer's School Glue. Let the glue dry and then stitch it
down. The glue will wash out when the quilt is washed. Or you can do
like a lot of people do and sew the binding to the back by hand.

Julia in MN

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Posted by Pati Cook on September 25, 2006, 7:18 pm

Another option is WonderTape. It is a double sided basting tape that is
meant to be sewn through, shouldn't gum up the needle. And it is water
soluble so washes out.

Pati, in Phx

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Posted by Kathy Applebaum on September 17, 2006, 6:59 pm

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Sounds like you're doing your binding by machine. (Good for you! Keep those
Quilt Police in a snit! LOL)

I'm not familiar with EB's book on binding, so I'll just tell you how I do
it, and you can take what lessons you'd like from it. :)

First, I sew the binding on to the *back* side of the quilt and flip the
folded edge around to the front. Then, to sew that edge down, I sew from the
front side, just about two threads in from the edge. If I'm really being
fussy about it, I use a thread in the top that matches the binding and a
thread in the bobbin that matches the backing, but since I heavily piece
most of my backings, I usually don't get that worked up about it. Yes, I
wind up with a line of sewing on the back that's just a tad inside the
binding, but I've never had a judge mark me down for it in a show.

My aunt also does binding by machine, but she has a different method. She
sews to the front, flips to the back with lots of extra binding. She then
uses a foot on her Bernina that she calls a Channel foot (as in Coco
Channel), and sews in the ditch made by the binding on the front side,
catching the binding on the back. I haven't been able to replicate that to
my satisfaction on my Janome, so I don't use that method.

As to looking like a drunk sewed it, well all I can suggest is save the
margaritas for AFTER you finish the binding. *grin*

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Posted by Debbie on September 17, 2006, 7:10 pm

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LOL. Didn't know we had quilt police!

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That sounds like a winner to me, Kathy! thank you very much!!!
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I like your way of thinking!

Thanks again,
Debbie
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