Binding concern
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Binding concern
Today I finished a quilt which hopefully will be used regularly. My concern came to me after I had hand sewn the binding using ladder stitch - so I then used the machine to sew around the edge. Was it overkill I ask myself? Anyone else do this ?
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I have been hand stitching the binding to the back of my quilts for almost 30 years. As posted before, you want your stitches to be about 1/4" apart. I have a family antique quilt and the binding where stitch is still holding tight but the edges of the binding fabric are starting to wear out. Funny that this should happen because I have always been careful and never actually used it.
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