sarahrachel

Beautiful job with the binding! I almost have the top done of mine and plan on hand quilting this winter. Just a quick question, were the papers still in on the outside hexagons? I haven't removed them on mine because I wasn't sure if it would mess something up while quilting the center. And how hard was the bias binding to do? I don't really want to face mine either and am planning on doing a bias binding.

SandyinZ4

There were no papers on any of the hexi's. The bias binding was not so bad cutting out and making but going around the peaks and valleys took some doing. Fortuantely, the hints given at first of this post helped me a whole lot. You have to stay stitch around the entire quilt and then take little snips if you have an edge like this one with peaks and valleys. I used lots of pins when I was making the little tucks. The 'valleys' had to be sewn on both sides so they would stay in place.
You want to remove all the papers before you sandwich it. Once it is all sandwiched and pinned (or basted- I prefer pins) you can't hurt anything on the edge because there should be a little batting and backing hanging wider than the top. At least mine are always that way. Let me know if I can give you any more pointers. And please post some pics of yours so we can see it. :-)

117becca

way too much BEAUTIFUL!!!!


I also love the salmonie/peachie color binding!

sewmuch

You did a beautiful job on the quilt, that's a lot of work...

Lovequilting22

Wow! You did a great job! I love the orange color binding. It makes the quilt pop.