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binding

Sara Lorimer

11-14-2005

Re: binding

Bobbie Sews Moo...

11-14-2005

Re: binding

Sara Lorimer

11-14-2005

Re: binding

Teri

11-14-2005

Re: binding

Sara Lorimer

11-14-2005

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Posted by Sara Lorimer on November 14, 2005, 11:36 am

Thanks to the advice (and pressure) I got here, I made my first quilt
this weekend. I loved doing it... until I got to the binding.

I followed the method that the woman in my fabric store recommended
(it's in Hawley's "Fat Quarter Quilts"), cutting a 3" wide strip,
folding it in half and ironing it, and then sewing that on. Even though
I did a lazier, sloppier version -- I sewed it on the back and the front
using the machine, where Hawley says to do the back by hand -- it still
took forever, involved too many pin pricks, and was annoyingly fiddly.

Are there easier ways to do binding? I'm planning on making more baby
quilts and other quilts that are going to get a lot of wear (and be
thrown in the washing machine frequently), so my priority is durability,
not looks.

--
SML

Posted by Bobbie Sews Moore on November 14, 2005, 12:22 pm

I've made quilts in the past and made the back to extend over about 2".
Fold over to the front and fold under about 1/2 inch, and stitch down by
hand or machine. This was the easiest for me. Also, on lap quilts for home
and for kids, I've recently just used my serger to finish off the edges.
But these were small and light weight. Come on over to "rec crafts
textiles quilting" and you can get even more suggestions. HTH
Barbara in SC

Posted by Sara Lorimer on November 14, 2005, 7:05 pm

> I've made quilts in the past and made the back to extend over about 2".

> Fold over to the front and fold under about 1/2 inch, and stitch down by

> hand or machine. This was the easiest for me.

That sounds good -- much less fiddly.

> Also, on lap quilts for home

> and for kids, I've recently just used my serger to finish off the edges.

> But these were small and light weight. Come on over to "rec crafts

> textiles quilting" and you can get even more suggestions.

Will do!

--
SML

Posted by Teri on November 14, 2005, 3:38 pm

Dear Sara,

A mitered corner is the cadillac of finishes for quilts, but if you
plan to make many and wash often, why not round off the corners, so
that all you have to do is push as much binding into the curves as you
can so that the rounded edge doesn't pucker or cup. Rounded off edges
have been done for centuries, and are much easier to do for utility
quilts. In this case, you can sew the binding from the back by
machine, then do the front to finish. This assures that the right side
of the quilt has an even, consistent sewn edge.

Teri

Posted by Sara Lorimer on November 14, 2005, 7:05 pm

> Dear Sara,

> A mitered corner is the cadillac of finishes for quilts, but if you

> plan to make many and wash often, why not round off the corners, so

> that all you have to do is push as much binding into the curves as you

> can so that the rounded edge doesn't pucker or cup. Rounded off edges

> have been done for centuries, and are much easier to do for utility

> quilts. In this case, you can sew the binding from the back by

> machine, then do the front to finish. This assures that the right side

> of the quilt has an even, consistent sewn edge.

That all makes sense -- the corners were the bits that were the hardest
to do (and turned out the ugliest). Thanks!

--
SML

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