Do most of you hand bind or machine bind your binding

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03-29-2013, 04:17 AM

#71

DixieLee

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Machine always. Sometimes sew to back and pull to front and use a decorative stitch. Sometimes sew to front and pull to back and attach with a straight stitch of neutral color. My hands cannot handle handsewing on the binding and I find nothing wrong with it.

03-29-2013, 04:20 AM

#72

mustangquilts

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I always hand bind my quilts. I love that final time with my quilt and I love the way it looks. Put too much time into my quilt and quilting to speed finish them.

03-29-2013, 04:35 AM

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fayefromfla

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the kids quilts I make for charities are machine binded with fancy stitches, all others are hand stitched.

03-29-2013, 04:40 AM

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Normabeth

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I machine stitch both side if I know the quilt will be washed a lot (Kids), but for my guild's annual show, I hand stitch the binding on.

03-29-2013, 04:40 AM

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SuzieQuilts

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I would love to be able to sew binding on by machine, but everytime I try, I am not happy with the results. I have a friend that does a beautiful job by machine. I sew on the front by machine, and stitch by hand on the back. It is a great relaxer for me. I always try to take it a long if I am going to be sitting for a long time, like in a car, or in a waiting room.

03-29-2013, 04:41 AM

#76

orangeroom

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I machine stitch the front, turn it around and hand stitch the back. I like the finished look of a hidden binding.

I had a friend who used to machine stitch hers on until I came into her life and now she does 1/2 and 1/2 too!

03-29-2013, 04:43 AM

#77

charsuewilson

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Quote:

Originally Posted by mom-6

I guess I'm the odd one out. I stitch the binding to the back and bring it around to the front to stitch by machine. If doing the final step by hand then I stitch it to the front and hand stitch on the back. I do about half my quilts by machine and half by hand depending on which seems right at the time.

I usually machine stitch to the front and hand-sew to the back, but I want to do more machine binding, so I'll try this. I have done the envelope method (birthing) and then top-stitched next to the turned edge.