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    Old 02-15-2010, 04:27 PM
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    I'm just curious here to know, how many people bind their quilt before quilting it, and how many people quilt it, then square it up and bind it??
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    Old 02-15-2010, 04:28 PM
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    I quilt, square up, then bind. I find that the quilting will often distort it a bit.
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    Old 02-15-2010, 04:30 PM
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    Originally Posted by Marjpf
    I quilt, square up, then bind. I find that the quilting will often distort it a bit.
    I agree, especially if it is quilted heavily
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    Old 02-15-2010, 04:38 PM
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    ditto
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    Old 02-15-2010, 04:40 PM
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    always do binding last.
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    Old 02-15-2010, 04:47 PM
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    Originally Posted by Marjpf
    I quilt, square up, then bind. I find that the quilting will often distort it a bit.
    Me too. I think if you did the binding and then tried to quilt the fabric would shift leaving you with a bump. Not sure how it would work with hand quilting.
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    Old 02-15-2010, 04:57 PM
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    Originally Posted by Marjpf
    I quilt, square up, then bind. I find that the quilting will often distort it a bit.
    Same here.
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    Old 02-15-2010, 04:59 PM
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    I can tell you that with my first 2 quilts I didn't know better. So I put on a very nice binding and then machine quilted them. What a pain they were to try to keep flat and lump-free and I did not succeed although the recipients loved them anyway. Now I know better, I quilt, square and bind. Saves lots of headaches and stress that way for me.
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    Old 02-15-2010, 05:18 PM
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    I quilt, then square and then bind!!
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    Old 02-15-2010, 05:41 PM
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    I always do the binding last.
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