Binding Question
#11
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Originally Posted by beginnerquilter
Thanks for your help....
Can I use T Pins to hold down the binding while I am stitching it down?
Can I use T Pins to hold down the binding while I am stitching it down?
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Originally Posted by beginnerquilter
I am done with my Hand Quilting...I need to know should I iron the binding down first before I sew it completely down or what?
Can I use T Pins to hold down the Binding?
Thanks
Can I use T Pins to hold down the Binding?
Thanks
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the binding is attached to the quilt after the quilt is quilted and squared. quilting itself can change the size/shape of the quilt. just like applique.
you need to quilt it, then trim the backing/batting to match the top (at the same time ensuring everything is square) then attach the binding; usually machine stitched to the front then folded over to the back for hand stitching down. some people do press the binding to give it a more (crisp) edge. i think that is your choice. i have pressed when i felt it was needed, but other times did not bother.
you need to quilt it, then trim the backing/batting to match the top (at the same time ensuring everything is square) then attach the binding; usually machine stitched to the front then folded over to the back for hand stitching down. some people do press the binding to give it a more (crisp) edge. i think that is your choice. i have pressed when i felt it was needed, but other times did not bother.
#15
I do not use T-pins in fabric, ever, because the ones I have seen are not sharp enough and might break threads. I just hold the binding with my fingers as I sew it down. The binding should be completely full, which to me means that it would not have a crisp ironed edge but would be slightly rounded.
#16
Oh okay...
I'm going to wait til next Wednesday when I go to my Church for Triple F and I go to my Quilt Group and than I'm going have them show me how to do the final stitching on the binding.
My Quilt is already done with the Hand Quilting...I just have to finish off the Binding...
My Binding is already sewed on...I just have to sew the front edge down and that is it.
Thanks for all of your help
I'm going to wait til next Wednesday when I go to my Church for Triple F and I go to my Quilt Group and than I'm going have them show me how to do the final stitching on the binding.
My Quilt is already done with the Hand Quilting...I just have to finish off the Binding...
My Binding is already sewed on...I just have to sew the front edge down and that is it.
Thanks for all of your help
#17
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I fold my binding strip in 1/2 prior to sewing and then roll the whole thing up into a coil. I leave enough room in the center of the binding roll to put over my wrist so it feeds off that way as I stitch it down to the back.
I sew the binding to the back first and then turn it over to the front and stitch it down by machine. I do as much as possible by machine, have repetitive motion injuries & too much hand sewing causes pain.
Sharon
I sew the binding to the back first and then turn it over to the front and stitch it down by machine. I do as much as possible by machine, have repetitive motion injuries & too much hand sewing causes pain.
Sharon
#19
Originally Posted by beginnerquilter
Okay thanks
I am going to sew the front edge of my Binding down by Hand
I am going to sew the front edge of my Binding down by Hand
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