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Well now they have a real machine that you use to sew it on with I am not sure how good they work but they are out there and some people really love them.
I prefer to hand stitch mine down on the back side. I have seen the one Bernina has and it is expensive I think then you need to purchase different size attachments for the different widths of the bindings. hope this helps check it on Bernia usa web site. Quilter000 |
The only way I've been happy with machine binding is when the thread and the fabric on both the quilt and the binding are a perfect match. Otherwise, I'm just not happy with the results.
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I also struggle with binding - I machine stitch to the front and then hand sew on the back side.
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with arthritis in both hands now, especially my right thmb area, hand stitching is not my best way to do anything. The only way I can bind is simply cheat. What ever I use as my backing, I make sure will compliment my last border. After I have done what ever it is that I want to in the way of quilting the quilt, I then trim the backing to within 2"s, then fold once and I have to press that fold a bit so it doesn't kinda rumple, if that's a word and then fold the inch that is left over to the front. I press again.. and then I pin it herter and yon to hold that crease, I pick out one of the more stylish stitches that would would with the quilt, using the same thread and then make sure it's even right down the edge of the border so that it's stitched on both sides. Meaning the edge of the border and the quilt. The design stitch would be a bit wide then usual, but since I have gotten the hang fof it, it also looks fine on the backing when it's done. If you cannot climb the entire mountain, then cut through the pass. As long as it gets you there.
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with arthritis in both hands now, especially my right thmb area, hand stitching is not my best way to do anything. The only way I can bind is simply cheat. What ever I use as my backing, I make sure will compliment my last border. After I have done what ever it is that I want to in the way of quilting the quilt, I then trim the backing to within 2"s, then fold once and I have to press that fold a bit so it doesn't kinda rumple, if that's a word and then fold the inch that is left over to the front. I press again.. and then I pin it herter and yon to hold that crease, I pick out one of the more stylish stitches that would would with the quilt, using the same thread and then make sure it's even right down the edge of the border so that it's stitched on both sides. Meaning the edge of the border and the quilt. The design stitch would be a bit wide then usual, but since I have gotten the hang fof it, it also looks fine on the backing when it's done. If you cannot climb the entire mountain, then cut through the pass. As long as it gets you there.
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I can't sew my binding by machine either. It comes out looking awful so I always handsew it on the backside.
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"If you can't climb the entire mountain, then cut through the pass" I LOVE IT, bluestarmom !!
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Is the magic strip something you buy?
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This is how I do it. You have to machine sew on the bindings for Quilts For Kids quilts. I just pin very close together, go slow and I use my walking foot. They aren't EXACTLY perfect, but close enough for me. I haven't been disappointed yet. Good luck.
Originally Posted by bj
I've only done a couple that I machine sewed the back. I usually hand sew the binding down. However, on the second machine stitched (the first was a mess and took it out and hand stitched), what I did was attach binding to the front. Then I folded binding to the back, but I pinned on the front, in the ditch (parallel to the edge), really close together, making sure the pins were inside the edge of the binding on the back. I tacked the mitered corners in place, then sewed in the ditch on the front. I went pretty slow, but it turned out pretty good. By pinning close together, my binding didn't fold or creep like the first one I tried.
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