Homespun fabric - how does it wear?
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I have some homespun fabric and thanks to the input from this board I was brave enough to start a quilt with. I am very happy with how this is progressing. Now I am thinking about the finishing. I am going to use muslin for the backing and I might use the muslin to make a small border on the quilt top as well. I am wondering about the binding. I might have enough of the homespun fabric left to bind the quilt with that.. but I am wondering how it will wear? I don't want the binding to wear out - as I have seen on some older quilts
Do any of you have any ideas on that?
Thanks!
Do any of you have any ideas on that?
Thanks!
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I would definitely pre-wash and pre-shrink the homespun before using it for binding. Bias bindings do wear better but are a little trickier to apply. If you have enough fabric for a bias binding, I would starch it heavily before cutting to help control the bias while you are stitching.
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It wears like iron!
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Binding usually is the first think that shows wear.
ManiacQuilter2 - do you think I could bind with regular cotton fabric if the quilt top is homespun and the backing is muslin? Or would that look like a mismatch of fabric?
Or what do you see as being the best quality fabric?
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