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Posted by KimW on June 29, 2009, 12:06 pm
My brain is just refusing to cooperate in thinking this through to get the
correct measurements or dimensions or whatever. You know how you sew angles
on the binding to connect the ends and make them stronger? Well I wanted to
do that with the entire binding using two different fabrics so that it would
look kind of twisty for lack of a better description term. I wanted to use
strips either 2, 3 or 4 inches long. My question is, how do you go about
getting the correct measurements to do this and include enough fabric to
miter the corners? I know this is not a very good description of what I want
to do but my brain just refuses to cooperate. Questions, suggestions, hints,
ideas, whatever, are most welcome to help me out of my state of confusion.
Hugs,
Kim
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Posted by Julia in MN on June 29, 2009, 1:06 pm
Theoretically, the length of the binding is exactly the same as the
outside measurement of the quilt before binding plus your seam allowance
for joining the "tails". I say "theoretically" because I tend to stretch
my binding ever-so-slightly as I sew it down -- just enough to avoid a
ripply edge, but not so much as to make it cup.
Do you intend to join pieces of various lengths to make the binding, or
will they all be the same? I would be inclined to use random lengths so
that when you join the ends it would be less noticeable. I once bound a
scrappy quilt with leftover ends of binding from various quilts. The
leftover bindings were of various lengths and I used them as they were.
I liked the effect as the quilt itself was very scrappy. It may or may
not be appropriate for your quilt.
Julia in MN
KimW wrote:
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> My brain is just refusing to cooperate in thinking this through to get the
> correct measurements or dimensions or whatever. You know how you sew angles
> on the binding to connect the ends and make them stronger? Well I wanted to
> do that with the entire binding using two different fabrics so that it would
> look kind of twisty for lack of a better description term. I wanted to use
> strips either 2, 3 or 4 inches long. My question is, how do you go about
> getting the correct measurements to do this and include enough fabric to
> miter the corners? I know this is not a very good description of what I want
> to do but my brain just refuses to cooperate. Questions, suggestions, hints,
> ideas, whatever, are most welcome to help me out of my state of confusion.
>
> Hugs,
> Kim
>
>
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Posted by KimW on June 30, 2009, 3:38 pm
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> Theoretically, the length of the binding is exactly the same as the
> outside measurement of the quilt before binding plus your seam allowance
> for joining the "tails". I say "theoretically" because I tend to stretch
> my binding ever-so-slightly as I sew it down -- just enough to avoid a
> ripply edge, but not so much as to make it cup.
> Do you intend to join pieces of various lengths to make the binding, or
> will they all be the same? I would be inclined to use random lengths so
> that when you join the ends it would be less noticeable. I once bound a
> scrappy quilt with leftover ends of binding from various quilts. The
> leftover bindings were of various lengths and I used them as they were. I
> liked the effect as the quilt itself was very scrappy. It may or may not
> be appropriate for your quilt.
I will probably use 4" strips in two different colors for the binding. I
want it to have the candy cane or barber pole effect. I just couldn't get my
brain wrapped around how long to cut the strips to get the angle. On the
wedding quilt I ended up just using strips to match the borders in opposite
colors. If that makes sense. But I want to use the strips on a future quilt.
And I do have a lot of scraps that I could use this way for a scrappy quilt
later on. Thanks for your input Julia, I really appreciate it.
Hugs,
Kim
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Posted by Leslie& The Furbabies in MO. on June 29, 2009, 3:14 pm
One thing I want to mention is that your sections aren't very long- be very,
very careful that a seam won't fall in the corner at the miter. Some
pinning would be a very good idea for this type of binding to be certain
where the seams will fall.
As far as the fabrics- I'd cut each piece about 4+ in. longer than the
desired finished section size to allow for the diagonal seams on both ends
to join the sections.
It should look really nice- please share a pic when you finish?
Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.
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> My brain is just refusing to cooperate in thinking this through to get the
> correct measurements or dimensions or whatever. You know how you sew
> angles on the binding to connect the ends and make them stronger? Well I
> wanted to do that with the entire binding using two different fabrics so
> that it would look kind of twisty for lack of a better description term. I
> wanted to use strips either 2, 3 or 4 inches long. My question is, how do
> you go about getting the correct measurements to do this and include
> enough fabric to miter the corners? I know this is not a very good
> description of what I want to do but my brain just refuses to cooperate.
> Questions, suggestions, hints, ideas, whatever, are most welcome to help
> me out of my state of confusion.
> Hugs,
> Kim
>
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Posted by KimW on June 30, 2009, 3:23 pm
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> One thing I want to mention is that your sections aren't very long- be
> very, very careful that a seam won't fall in the corner at the miter.
> Some pinning would be a very good idea for this type of binding to be
> certain where the seams will fall.
> As far as the fabrics- I'd cut each piece about 4+ in. longer than the
> desired finished section size to allow for the diagonal seams on both ends
> to join the sections.
> It should look really nice- please share a pic when you finish?
The corners was another concern of mine, especially using the shorter
pieces. So the left-over stuff from the wedding quilt that I have sewn
together, I think I will just use them in some kind of quilt rather than for
binding. I have a picture of the wedding quilt but it isn't a good one so
I'm waiting for my son to email me a better one.
Hugs,
Kim
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> correct measurements or dimensions or whatever. You know how you sew angles
> on the binding to connect the ends and make them stronger? Well I wanted to
> do that with the entire binding using two different fabrics so that it would
> look kind of twisty for lack of a better description term. I wanted to use
> strips either 2, 3 or 4 inches long. My question is, how do you go about
> getting the correct measurements to do this and include enough fabric to
> miter the corners? I know this is not a very good description of what I want
> to do but my brain just refuses to cooperate. Questions, suggestions, hints,
> ideas, whatever, are most welcome to help me out of my state of confusion.
>
> Hugs,
> Kim
>
>