How do you finish your quilt edges before binding?
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It never occurred to me to stay-stitch the edges of my quilts. I'm a hand quilter so don't know if that matters. I do a rough trim of 4-6 inches before quilting; attach my binding afterwards then trim 1/2" from my sewn binding stitches. Fold over and sew by hand to the back.
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No I don't but I am open to suggestions about that. I just make my binding and lay is on with the edges matching up then sew a quarter inch seam. My problem is keeping a quarter inch seam. It seems I fall asleep or something and I don't sew a straight line. I don't have a good 1/4 seam marker to go by on my machine. I have gotten so I do press the edges of my quilt before I sew the binding on and that helps with keeping it flat.
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I hope other people took not of what Patricia Drew said about her method of stitching around her quilt and being able to pull up a stitch when necessary. This is a great tip for minor difficulties. I do some of this a bit differently. After quilting and before trimming I do sew around the quilt being sure that I hold the layers straight and flat as they go into and out of the machine. After examining the back of the quilt to be sure it is straight and flat I use a long ruler to trim away the excess backing and batting. Then I stitch on the binding which I make 2 1/4 inch wide. Depending on who the quilt will be gifted to determines whether I sew on the back and machine sew on the front, or, sew on the front and hand stitch on the back.
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I trim the excess off the quilt sandwich and sew the edges together - usually with a longish stitch about 3/16 inch from the edge.
I also baste the raw edges of bias cut binding together before sewing it to the quilt.
That way, i only have to line up "two" edges while sewing instead of five.
I also make wider bindings - approximately 7/16 inch finished width - because that is what works well using the leftmost needle setting on my favorite mschine.
I also baste the raw edges of bias cut binding together before sewing it to the quilt.
That way, i only have to line up "two" edges while sewing instead of five.
I also make wider bindings - approximately 7/16 inch finished width - because that is what works well using the leftmost needle setting on my favorite mschine.
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This I have done with a quilt top that has many seams at the edge (piano keys, 9 patch etc) but before making the sandwich.
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I serge around all of my quilts, large or quilt-as-you-go blocks. The blocks are then zig-zagged together in rows for a throw/quilt. The serging keeps all the layers in tact. I know someone will not agree, but it is different strokes for different folks, as they say.
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I trim excess batting and backing then sew the edges with a wide zig-zag stitch. I've found that if I don't do this, the corners sometimes slip when I put the binding on. I use a 2 inch binding (folded in half to 1 inch) and the zig-zagged edges make folding down the binding easier. No, I don't think it adds bulkiness to the edges.
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