Margaret Main

I have another
question on binding.
Using Batic for Binding and Machine stitching on the Front,
Do you thing is suitable to use Monofil Thread?

BobbiG

It's not as thick either. The seam that is,

grandmaquilter

By the way, just got back from a short trip to Las Vegas and met my daughter who lives in Dallas at the new Cosmopolitan which is on the strip by the Bellagio(sp) and Ceasars Palace. On the second floor is a clothing store called 'All Saints' and it is a vintage sewing machine lovers dream world. If there was one old sewing machine there had to be 1,500+, I counted 450 in just one window. They also had large machines as decorations in the store used as clothes hangers and some of these machines were treadle. On the back wall were all old portable sewing machines. Some of the machines had a handle on the end of the wheel that you had to turn around and around in order for the machine to sew. I could have spent several hours looking. These pictures is from my daughters cell phone so they are not the best.

bmarchwick

You can piece them straight if you want. If you do some both ways, you will see the difference it makes. There is less bulk in the diagonally sewn binding.

Winkee

The seams are not as obvious on the diagonal but I just finished making a huge scrappy binding and the seams are straight. It will look great!